227 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND MALBOEUF, Richard Omer Richard was born in Sweetsburg, Quebec on October 7, 1950. He left Montreal in 1968 at the age of seventeen and enlisted in the US Army for Airborne Infantry. He volunteered for duty in Vietnam and was deployed in April 1969 serving ten months with Alpha Company 2/501st 101st Airborne Division. During that period, he was involved in a number of small fire fights as well as defence of Firebase Airborne when it was overrun and the assault on Hamburger Hill. In January 1970, he volunteered for a second tour serving seven months with A Troop 2/17 Air Cav 101st Airborne as an Aero Scout which was flying low level recon in a OH6A twoman helicopter in order to draw the enemy fire and then mark their position for the Cobra gun ships. He was released in October 1970 and was awarded Combat Infantry Badge, Paratrooper Wings, Air Crewman Badge, two Bronze Stars with V device for Valour, Purple Heart, nine Air medals, two Army Commendation Medals and The Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He currently resides in Milton and is serving as Halton Regional Councilor Milton Ward 2. He is a fifteen-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Milton Branch 136. MARCHAND, Arthur Arthur was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1886. He enlisted in the Army in 1910 and served with the American Army Medical Corps as a medic for two years then returned to Canada. He was discharged in 1912. Arthur resided in Ottawa from 1952 until his passing in 1954. MANNING, Wilfred Victor Wilfred was born in Coldwater, Ontario on November 13, 1897. He was the son of William Haight and Mary Ann (Quantrell) Manning. On February 1, 1916, he enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in Midland, Ontario, with the 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters), Canadian Expeditionary Force and served in England and in France during World War I. He was eighteen years old and single. He listed his trade as labourer, and had no previous military experience. Private Manning sailed on the SS Cameroniato arrive in England on October 28, 1916. After some training in England, he landed in France on May 13, 1917, assigned to the 116th Canadian Infantry Battalion, part of the 3rd Canadian Division. On August 28, 1918, near the town of Arras, France, he suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the wrist, hand, and thigh, and lost two fingers as a result. He returned to Canada for demobilization and, after receiving treatment, was officially discharged on April 12, 1920. Wilfred settled back to Coldwater and later married Rose Adelaide Worrell in 1931. He was a founding member of The Royal Canadian Legion Coldwater Branch 270, and served a term as Branch President. Wilfred passed away on April 22, 1949, and is buried in the Coldwater Cemetery.
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