LEST WE FORGET 333 SHAW, Jim PEACETIME Jim is the son of Dave and Mabel Shaw of Elrose, Saskatchewan. He joined the Armed Forces after graduation from high school. He was stationed on a variety of ships over his naval career, including HMS Ottawa. He worked in the computer industry. Jim had one son from a previous marriage. He married Barb and they had three children: Amanda, Jessica, and Bradley. Jim and his family resided in Nova Scotia. SINCLAIR, Earl Stanley WWII Trooper Earl Stanley Sinclair was born on June 17, 1920. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, he was on a landing barge carrying tanks and soldiers with the Canadian Armoured Corps. The waters were very high. Earl and his crew knocked one of the German strong points, but as they were preparing for the next shot, a wave of Channel water came over the back of the tank, causing it to flood. Earl and many other soldiers were shot by German machine gun fire as they tried to escape from their tanks. Earl was buried in Bernières-surMer, France and later reburied in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian Cemetery in France, Grave 16, Row F, Plot 1. SHEPHERD (MITCHELL), Irene Mary Evelyn WWII Mary was born on April 8, 1926 and was raised in the Brandon, Manitoba area. She joined the Canadian Army on October 2, 1944 in Winnipeg and did her basic training in Kitchener, Ontario. After basic training, Mary went to Edmonton to take a clerk’s course. She then started work for the Canadian Women’s Army Corps in the Pay Office in Regina. She was promoted from Lance Corporal to Sergeant. Mary did not go overseas due to being too young. Men were sent overseas at age eighteen, women had to be 21 years of age. Mary’s ideals and ethics paved the way and made a difference for future generations of women. Mary was discharged on August 16, 1946 and found employment after the war at the Income Tax Office in Regina. Mary married Jack Shepherd on November 11, 1949 and raised four daughters who share her ideals and ethics.
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