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Lest We Forget A time for all Canadians to remember
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Gordon Moore, Dominion President of the Royal Canadian Legion. By Gordon Moore reserved to remember those who made the ultiOnce again Remem- mate sacrifice. It should brance Day will soon also be a practical rebe upon us. A time for membrance of the living Canadians of all ages – the disabled Veterans, to remember the more RCMP members, widthan one hundred thou- ows, widowers, orphans sand fellow citizens who and family members of fought, bled and died those who served who protecting our freedoms are in need of a helping along with the countless hand. others who have served Members of the Royal our country. Canadian Legion are, as But Remembrance one of their core responDay should not only be sibilities, the Guardians
of Remembrance. The Poppy Campaign organized by the Legion, in conjunction with Remembrance Day, helps alleviate suffering and addresses the needs of Veterans and their families who may not have the financial wherewithal for basic necessities. The Legion assists with purchasing medical equipment, awarding bursaries for needy students, providing support services such as mealson-wheels and drop-in centres and helping with some basic residential repairs to name but a few. So much of the Legion’s work in our communities goes unnoticed. Every day this organization of more than 330,000 people makes significant contributions, not only to enhance the lives of Veterans, but also for seniors, Cadets, Scouts, Guides, as well as serving members of the Canadian Forces and RCMP and their families. The Legion remains fiercely proud to be
Canada’s largest Veterans services organization. Our advocacy work on behalf of all who have served in the Canadian Forces and RCMP ensures that they receive life-long support and recognition for their service to this country. Thanks to their desire to give back, the Legion was created and continues to this day to support our communities in countless ways. The Royal Canadian Legion’s Poppy Campaign provides everyone with the opportunity for practical remembrance and it is hoped that this year, with the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Libya as with our aging Second World War and Korean Veterans, more Canadians will wear the Poppy than ever before. There’s more to the Legion than you might think. We Care! Find out today how you can get involved by visiting your local Legion branch…because you care; because you can. Lest We Forget,
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Sunset Vigil The news is spread far and wide Another comrade has sadly died A sunset vigil upon the sand As a soldier leaves this foreign land We stand alone, and yet as one In the fading light of a setting sun We’ve all gathered to say goodbye To our fallen comrade who’s set to fly The eulogy’s read about their life Sometimes with words from pals or wife We all know when the CO’s done What kind of soldier they’d become The padre then calls us all to pray The bugler has Last Post to play The cannon roars and belches flame We will recall, with pride, their name A minute’s silence stood in place As tears roll down the hardest face deafening silence fills the air With each of us in personal prayer Reveille sounds and the parade is done The hero remembered, forgotten by none They leave to start the journey back In a coffin draped in the Union Jack Sgt Andy McFarlane, 2009.
These pages contain photographs submitted by our readers of their friends and loved ones who have served this country in conflicts since 1901. Veterans of the Boer War, World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict and United Nations peacekeeping missions are all represented here. Some of the photographs are official portraits, others are family snapshots—including more than one wedding photo. All of them carry profound meaning for families, friends and neighbours of these veterans. In light of that, the Kootenay News Advertiser would like to thank our readers for entrusting this newspaper with your precious photographs and memorabilia. This is of particular interest to the readers of a regional journal like ours, which has been part of the East Kootenay for many years. Any errors or omissions are completely unintentional.
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George Moberg
Angus Davis Regiment: Royal Canadian Engineers Years of Service: 1914-18 Other Details: Received DSO for his participation in Battle of “Hill 60”
Isaac McCoy Regiment: 36th Infantry, US Army; Korean War
Douglas J. J. Middlebrook Years of Service: 194244 Other Details: A naval seaman in the Royal Canadian Navy. Served on board the Fairmile Q-102 and the Transconna, a mine sweeper.
Royal Canadian Army Years of Service: 2 Other Details: Served in Canada, England and France from 1943 1945. He resides in Wardner.
Dale Bernice Honeyman (West)
Regiment: RCAF-WD Years of service: 1943-46 Other details: Served as clerk admin. West Coast.
Name: Beatrice H. Moore Regiment: W302200 Years of service: 2 years, 8 months
Cpl. Joyce Conroy (Carver) Regiment: Canadian Women’s Army Corp Years of service: 1942-46
John H. Marunchak
Regiment: BCAD-5th Canadian Armoured Division; also the RCME Years of service: 1941-45
Daniel J. McCartney
Regiment: Calgary Highlanders Years of Service: 4 Other Details: Killed in action August 23, 1944 in Orbec France.
George F.C. Ellis
Regiment: 72nd Seaforth Highlanders Years of service: 1914 Other details: Wounded in the Arra Combra Drive in France.
Aloysius McCoy
Regiment: Canadian Scottish Years of Service: 2 Other Details: Served overseas from July 8 1940 to September 4, 1942England and was very proud! Received 3 medals
Violet M. Koch (McKeever) Years of Service: 4 Other Details: Joined the British Army in 1940 and trained to track German fighter and bomber planes. Worked in the Auxiliary Territory Service as Second Lieutenant. Married Roy Koch in 1944.
Tony & Helen Stanley
Other Details: This picture was taken in 1942
Regiment: Royal Canadian Engineers Years of Service: Unkown Other Details: Resides in Fort Steele
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RCAF Years of service: 1942-46 Other details: flight sergeant in Canada and England. Discharged in 1946.
George Jonas Regiment: 50th Battalion (Calgary), 4th Division WWI Years of service: 5 years Other details: Wounded at Vimy and at Passchendaele
R.W. (Ron) Schatschneider
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Regiment: Royal Canadian Forestry Corps Years of Service: 6 Other Details: He served from 1939 - 1945 in France, Belgium, Holland & Germany
Harold Honeyman
Leonard Werden
Raymond Fitchett Regiment: British Navy Years of service: 1939-45 Other details: Born in Canada, but after moving to England he served in the British Navy aboard the H.M.S. Exeter. He spent 3 1/2 years in a Japanese P.O.W. camp and saw the dropping of the atomic bomb, known as the Fat Man on Nagasaki.
Bill McKay
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Name: Norman Herbert Wesley Regiment: Royal Canadian Navy Years of service: 1940-1945 Other details: HMCS
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Gunner 1st Class with the 12th Field Rgt., RCA Other Details: He was in the first wave that landed on D-Day. Returned to Canada in 1946.
Andrew W. Rocicky Regiment: New Westminster Years of service: 1942-46 Other details: Served in Belgium, Holland and Czechoslovakia (liberation of Prague)
Libby Neve Regiment: Women’s Royal Air Force Years of Service: 1942-47 Other Details: Served as an ambulance driver in an all-woman transport division.
Name: Edward G. C. Grimmett Regiment: Canadian Artilliary-19th Battery (3rd Field) Years of service: 1942-45 Other details: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Years of service: 1943-46 Other details: Served in England, Italy, France, Germany and Holland.
Roden Joseph Desrosiers
Regiment: Forestry Corps Years of service: 1940-45 Other details: British Isles
William H. Rowbotham Regiment: 48th Highlanders Years of Service: 1914-18 Other Details: Buried alive 4 times, gassed with mustard gas. A lake is named for him near Coombs, B.C.
Wayne Oatman
Regiment: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Years of Service: 1949 - 52
Harry A. Roberts Regiment: Canadian Scottish Regiment Years of Service: 1940-45 Other Details: Joined the army at age 16, landed on D-Day, and received 3 wounds. Awarded Knight of the National Order of Merit.
Name: Clifford Wilcock (Lieut.) Regiment: 54th Kootenay Battalion (Nelson) Years of service: 19161919 Other details: WW I, WW II
Flight Liet. Richard Neve Regiment: Royal Air Force Years of Service: 1946-48 Other Details: Served in India at a hospital in Karachi.
Name: H.C. (Harry) Ostendorf Regiment: Canadian Army Infantry Years of service: 2 years Other details: Q.M. stores
Robert Durham Sr.
Regiment: Royal Canadian Forestry Corps and Veteran Guard; 1939 - 45 Served in WWI and WWII
Name: Charles Barnhardt Regiment: 8th Battalion Winnipeg Rifles Years of service: 1914 Other details: WW II Name: Gerald E. Phillips Regiment: 128708 RCAF Years of service: 1942-45 Other details: Stationed at Penfield Ridge NS Rivers, MB; Vulcan, AB; Topclisse & Eastmoor, Yorkshire, England Pat Piovesan Regiment: 28th Canadian Armed Regiment (BCR) Years of Service: April 13, 1942 - January 1946 Other Details: Tank Corps
Kenneth Carver Eugene Rob Durham
Regiment: 1st Batt. PPCLI Other Details: Served in Korean War
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Name: Tom Austin Wills Regiment: Rocky Mountain Rangers
Royal Canadian Army (Ottawa Regt.) Years of Service: 3 Other Details: Served in Italy & Northwest Europe.
Floyd Buchanan Regiment: Regina Rifles, Duke of Cannaughts and 28th Canadian Armoured Reg. Years of Service: 6 Other Details: Floyd and twin brother Lloyd enlisted on their 18th birthday in 1939. Floyd served in 3 divisions.
Name: James W. Scanland
Regiment: Fort Garryhorse 10th Car Years of service: 4 years Other details: Went into France D Day, June 6, 1944
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Isadore Michel Regiment: Canadian Forestry Corp.
Cpl. Patrick J. Kennedy
Regiment: Essex Scottish Years of service: 3-1/2 Other details: Wounded twice. Returned to Canada in 1945 for discharge.
Geordy Atkinson
Robert Bidder
Regiment: Canadian Forces Medical Service Years of Service: 24 Other Details: Tours included Cyprus, Iraq/Kuwait, Bosnia, Golan Heights and Afghanistan. Retired in 2010
Jack Colvin
Regiment: 1st Canadian Paratroop Battalion Years of Service: 4 Other Details: Served in Canada, England, and France from 1941 1945. He resides in Kimberley
Donald (Don) Jackson
Royal Canadian Navy WWII Years of Service: 2 Other Details: Served mainly corvettes. He was a ship to shore operator; crossed the Altantic 29 times.
Regiment: Royal Canadian Engineers Other Details: Resides in Fort Steele
Hans Hansen
Staff Sergeant Alvin Cameron
Regiment: Canadian Scottish Years of Service: 6 Other Details: Served from 1940 - 1946 in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe.
Mary Georgina Clemons (Smith) Regiment: C.A.W.C. Years of service: 1942-46 Other details: Served in Artillery (A3) Camp Shilo, as well as going overseas to England, Brussels, Holland and Germany.
Delphine Rose Fletcher Regiment: Canadian Army Medical Corp; nursing sister Years of Service: 1917-19 Other Details: Served in Canada, England and France. Has resided in Kimberley since 1925.
Herbert Travis Jr. Regiment: Calgary Tanks 939 Years of service: WWII Other details: Saw action in Dieppe, Italy, Holland, France, and Germany.
Nelda & Dan MacKinnon
Francis Paul Fiorito
Royal Canadian Navy Nelda 3 yrs. as oceanographic researcher; Dan 8 years as a cook.
Royal Canadian Navy Years of Service: 5 Other Details: Served 1965 1969, aboard HMCS Nipigon was present at the Six Day War in Israel 1967.
Pte. Raymond Levesque
Regiment: North Shore (NB) Years of service: 1941-45 Other details: Joined in Fredericton, NB in 1941. Wounded 10 days before WW II ended. Died in Cranbrook at age 79.
Robert Hill
Regiment: Royal Canadian Army Service Corp Years of service: 19431946 Other details: Born in Regina, Saskatchewan
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Regiment: Army Support Group Co., 4th Cdn. Div. Years of service: 4 Other details: Served England, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany. Enlisted in Cranbrook.
Sid Glennon
2nd Tactical Air Force Years of Service: 4 Other details: photo taken in France, 1944.
Alice Middlebrook (Wilson) Regiment: Canadian Women’s Army Corp Years of Service: 194446 Other Details: Was a Private in the CWAC and served in the United Kingdom and Europe.
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J.L. Brown
RCAF Air Gunner 626 Squadron Years of Service: 2 Other Details: Completed one tour in Bomber Command
Fred MacKay Evelyn Mazur (Pearson)
Canadian Women’s Army Corps. Years of Service: 2 Other Details: WWII Served in Headquarters Pacific Command (Signals)
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. Years of Service: 3 Other Details: He served from 1943 - 1946 attached to Canadian Scottish, overseas as a cook and was stationed for 1 year after the war in Germany on occupational duty.
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Name: Stephen Babich Regiment: RCAF Air Service Years of service: 1942-1945 Other details: RCAF Air Service mechanic NWTNFLD
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Douglas Wallach Regiment: SeaForth Highlanders Years of service: 1942-1945 Other details: 17 years old. Saw action in Europe.
Name: Wilfred Dorey Regiment: Seaforths P.T.S. Years of service: 1914-1918 Other details: World War I
Name: Roy Edwards Regiment: Regina Rifles Saw action in Europe. Wounded 3 times. Marysville Radiers former coach.
W.S. Scott Private Bill Nowell joined up in Edmonton with the 49th Loyal Edmonton Infantry Battalion in 1940 and was shipped over to England, North Africa, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Germany in Captain Asher Hamer's platoon in A-Company. Bill saw his worst fighting around Christmas 1943 at Campobasse and Ortona, along the East coast of Italy. Ortona was close-quarter house to house fighting where you had to use your boots and bayonets on the Germans. The Germans paratroopers had Ortona mined and booby-trapped with snipers hidden everywhere, dropping grenades down on the Canadians advancing in the open streets. The German mines took out three Sherman tanks in the first hour—the infantry was on it’s own. The Loyal Eddies weren’t dumb enough to go down the one remaining street the Germans had left invitingly open. Instead they ended up blasting their way through the walls on one end of a row of houses, fighting to the top floor, and blasting through each separating wall, working their way along the rows of houses, one at a time, chucking in grenades as they went. A lot of Eddies got killed but they captured the town. (Today in Ortona there's a graveyard memorial there marked with a Sherman Tank. There's a lot of Loyal Eddies in it). Bill made it through the war with a few scars, some shrapnel in the neck, and food poisoning from the awful army food. He brought his bride Nora back from England in 1946 and lived in Cranbrook until his heart attack in 1993. The photo shows Bill and his buddy Glen Hyland taken in Rome in 1944.
Regiment: Canadian Scottish Years of Service: 4 Other Details: Served from 1914 - 1918, Immigrated to Canada with his family in 1929
Name: Joseph Gairdner Years of service: 1941-45 Other details: Saw action in Europe.
Harry Brown Enlisted in Cranbrook with the 107th Battery 24th Field Brigade in Sept. 1939. This Battery joined the 8th army Field Regiment in England in 1940. Harry served in Italy, France & Germany and returned home the summer of 1945 as a Sergeant Major.
Howard Roy Tyerman Regiment: Royal Canadian Army Service RCBC, RCASC, COAR Other details: Overseas service in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany
Name: William Dorey Regiment: HMCS French Years of service: 1944-1946 Other details: A/B Seaman AS.D.I.C. operator
Albert Gregg
Royal Canadian Navy Years of Service: 2 Other Details: Served from 1943 - 1945 in the North Atlantic
Anton (Tony) Linardic Regiment: Rocky Mountain Rangers Years of service: 4 years Other details: WW II
Dale J. Leask
Regiment: 2 PPCLI Years of service: 5 Other Details: This picture is of Dale’s U.N. Peace Keeping force in Cypres in 1976
Name: Bernard Pius Bens Regiment: Provost Corp. Years of service: 3 years Other details: Served with the Canadian Armed forces in London, Ontario and was in the Censoring Division handling German POWs.
Name: Frank Ewart Thompson (Corporal) Regiment: Canadian Engineers. Signal Corp. Years of service: Feb. 24, 1916-Jan. 7, 1919. Other details: Joined in Edmonton, AB Joseph McCoy CPL Don Dundas Regiment: Sherbrooke Fusilier Reg. Years of service: 1939-1945 Other details: Canadian Armed Forces Armoured Tank Corps, Continental Europe. Pictured with his 'war bride' Edna (nee Rowland). Married in London, England. This was the first out-of-church marriage.
World Waw I veterans assemble for parade at the Government Agent Office in Cranbrook.
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders Years of Service: 6 Other Details: Served Canada and Overseas from February 20, 1940 to April 1, 1946, received 3 medals
Dorothy Travis Regiment: R.C.N. Years of service: 1952-1954 Other details: Served in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Robert D. (Del) Burch Regiment: III (F) Squadron, Alaskan Combined Canadian / US Forces Years of service: 1941-45 Other details: He served as a Flight Sergeant in Alaska in a combined Canadian and US Forces mission to protect the continent from a Japanese invasion. In a posting to his local newspaper in Carberry, he wrote in January 1943: "Skiing and hockey are the main sports here. [...] Regarding hockey, we have played nine games and haven't lost one. We had an especially good game with the officers and finally won."
Name: Clair S Byram Regiment: RAF Bomber Command Years of service: 13 years Other details:Was in Battle of Britain
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Name: R.D. (Bob) Knight Regiment: RCNVR Years of service: 1943-1945 Other details: Oak Leaf
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Dear Papa, I wanted to send you a letter to express to you how grateful I am to have you in my life. I never new until now how much of a hero you are and always will be. I always had questions but the video you shared with us could not have said it more. You don't have to say more than two words for us to understand what you went through and I just wanted to thank you for all of our freedom. People don't often talk about it any more and my generation has no clue what you went through for your family and our country. I want to promise you my kids will know and remember. None of us can comprehend the heartbreak and pride that will never leave you. I am proud to be your granddaughter and thank you for our freedom I will not let anyone forget. Kelly
Cpl. Ron S. Meijer Served in the Armed Forces EME 2003-2008. He was a FCS (Fire Control Systems Tech.) specialized in Electrical/ Optical maintenance. He was stationed in CFB Wainwright WATC detachment of Edmonton Garrison for suit up and training for deployment for overseas. His proud wife Terra-Lee Meijer (Poburn) says “it is an honor to be his wife. He is a man of integrity and honesty.” He has two very proud sons Travis and Isaac, “We love you Dad!” His supportive family is Father & Mother Ron (Sr.) and Marlene Meijer of Cranbrook His Father-in-Law and Motherin-Law Brad & Vicki Poburn of Cranbrook and loving Grandmothers Doris Spencer of Cranbrook and Dorothy Meijer of Maple Ridge, BC.
Name: Howard Rowland Regiment: Years of service: 19391945 Other details: WW II, Forestry
Name: Alexander Percival Clark Regiment: Nova Scotia Highlanders Years of service: 3 years Other details: WW I
Aubrey Kemp Regiment: Sgt. 2nd Battalion Canadian Scottish Years of Service: 3 Other Details: Stationed on West Coast.
Sgt. Aulder (Gus) Conroy Years of Service: 1942-46 Other Details: Served in Canada, England, France, Holland, Belguim and Germany.
T.W. (Tom) Bradford Regiment: 1st Field Surgical Unit Years of Service: 1941-45 Other Details: Served in Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium and Holland.
Name: Peter John Crooks Regiment: Abel Seaman Years of service: 1944-1945 Other details: HMCS
Eilee Dodgson Regiment: Canadian Women’s Army Corp Years of Service: 3
Name: Louis F. Fisher Regiment: 14 Field Coy, RCE, CASF Years of service: 1939-45
Eugene Bidder
Stanley P. Shayler Regiment: RE ME K-71751 Craftsman (Machinist) Years of Service: January 1941 to January 17. 1946 Other details: was in France May 20, 1945
Royal Canadian Air Force Years of Service: 2 Other Details: Served in Canada from 1943 - 1945.
Cpl. W.R. Koppe James E. Stahl Enlisted in 1939 at age 17. Jim was wounded in Germany the day before D-Day.
Royal Canadian Army Years of service: 1943-45 Other details: Served in U.K., Central Mediterranean and Continental Europe. Photo taken in Italy, 1944.
Name: Cliff J. Owen Regiment:RASC British Army Years of service: 1944-1947 Other details: Middle East
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Regiment: Westmarland Cumbria Yeoman Army England Years of service: 19141918 Other details: Lived in Creston, B.C. since 1969
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John Wesley Wallace Regiment: Merchant Navy Radio Officer Years of Service: June 3, 1943 to December 3, 1944 Other details: At 22 was one of five officers who went down with their ship when the SS Cornwallis was torpedoed
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Sigfred W. Bakken
Regiment: Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers Years of Service: 5 Other Details: Served from 1941 - 1946, overseas for 2 years in Great Britain & N.W. Europe.
Sylvester D. Shypitka
Born: 22 March 1918 in Star City Saskatchewan Regiment: Joined the Royal Canadian Army, Trained in Shilo, Manitoba and posted to Victoria, British Columbia. Other details: Syl's wife, Mary, and families live in the Kootenay's.
William Francis Lye Regiment: K73161 Bombardier Years of service: Six years Other details: Wounded in action in Europe in WWII
Lt. Col. Patrick John Kennedy MBE, CD
Royal Canadian Army Years of Service: 9 Served in WWII from Sept 1939 - March 1948.
Werner (Vern) Hollmann
Served from 1941 to 1945, Combined Operations (British Royal Navy, Airforce in Europe) Boom Defence Prince Rupert.
Lt. Lee Martin Taylor, his daughter M/Cpl. Laura Taylor, his son Sgt. Kyle Taylor , Canadian Army Cadets
Major Ralph Russell James Brown
Regiment: 44th Battalion attached to 4th Cdn. Div. Other details: Died of wounds October 31, 1917 at Passchendaele.
Patrick John Middlebrook Years of Service: 197494 Other Details: Master Corporal in NATO peacekeeping operations. Was stationed in Germany, Cyprus and Egypt. Born: March 17, 1950
Robert Alvin Jackman Regiment: K71090 RCEME Years of service: 194146 Other details: Served in Continental Europe
Eugene Simmons
George Cockshott, Jr.
Regiment: Navy Years of service: 5 Signalman on HMCS Ontario escort ship. Was in Pearl Harbour after it was bombed. Medals and decorations include Atlantic Star, Burma Star.
Tony Fisher Regiment: R.C.A Years of service: WWII
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Clifford R. Kanester Regiment: Canadian Artillary Tank Corp. Years of service: 4 years Other details: Gunner
Regiment: Navy- Barber Pole Escort (convoy duty) Years of service: 2-1/2 Other details: Gunnery and Quartermaster, Able Bodied Seaman on river class destroyer HMCS Kootenay.
John Hauck Regiment: Can R115595 #5 E.C. Cpl., RCAF Years of Service: 4 years and 10 months Other details: Aboard in England - 1 year trade M.M.M.T (mechanic and transport)
Sgt. George F. Dare
Years of service: 1914-19 Other details: Machine gunner. Served in France and Belgium incl. Vimy Ridge
Pt. Henry (Harry) Fairclough
Regiment: #18 C.O.Y. Canadian Forestry Corps Years of service: 1939-45 Other details: Served in Canada
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P/O E.R.A. Alfred Bampton Regiment: R.C.N.V.R. Years of Service: 1941-46 Other Details: Served on H.M.C.S. Bowmanville, H.M.C.S. Malaspina and H.M.c.S. Camrose
E.C. (Ted) Jackman Regiment: Royal Regina Rifles Years of service: 1943-45 Other details: Wounded in action twice, served in Continental Europe. Passed away on October 23, 2008.
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F.O. Malcolm D. McPhee Regiment: J46445 R178275 Years of service: 4 years Other details: Piolot Trainee-Instructor of Air Gunnery; Action in England; Post warFlew prisoners out of Germany.
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Franklin (Tack) Wood Regiment: V-36027 Years of Service: 1941-45 Other Details: Served onboard H.M.C.S. Q106 in the Royal Canadian Navy.
Name: Benjamin Chas. Niven Regiment: 10th Infantry Battalion Years of service: 4 years Other details: Wounded in battle
Name: E. Frank Webber Regiment: Canadian Army Military Police Years of service: 3 years Other details:
Name: James Walsh Regiment: New Westminister Years of service: 6 years Other details: Retired in Cranbrook, B.C.
Regiment: PPCLI Years of service: 1982-1989 Peacekeeper and weapons expert in Germany; Airborne Commandos, France. Peacekeeping, Cyprus.
Sam Fitzpatrick Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders Years of service: 1942-1946 Corporal Clayton Poburn Stationed in Petawawa, Ontario Years of service: 11 Other details: Two tours in Afghanistan
Bombardier Marie Poburn Years of service: 10 Other details: One tour in Afghanistan, participated in the parade at Vimy Ridge in March 2007
Harry Helme From Lister, B.C., Harry served with Lawrence of Arabia in World War I.
Name: Robert (Bob) A. Warriner Regiment: Calgary Tanks, 27 Armoured Regiment RCAC Years of service: WW II Other details: Military Cross
John G. Langin Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force Years of service: 194045 Other details: Served two tours in Europe
Ron Mooy Regiment: Gunner in 5th Cdn. L.A.A. Regt/ RCA Stl Cdn. Armoured Div. Years of Service: 19431946, wounded in action in 1944 Other Details: Ron was active in the Legion and worked hard on the Cranbrook Wall Memorial.
Regiment: 17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars - Reconnaisance Regiment for the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division (7th Recce) Other Details: He went from the beaches of Normandy to Caen, Falaise, Boulogne, Calais, Belgium, Holland to Emen Germany.
Name: Agnes M. Moore Regiment: C.W.A.C Years of service: 3 years
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Regiment: 3rd Batallion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in Edmonton Years of Service: 16+ years Other Details: Served in Bosnia 1994, now in Edmonton as a Resource Management Support Clerk.
Robert G. Haine Ray Marshall West Ruth Morigeau Regiment: Private, Canadian Women C.W.A.C.
Joe Morigeau Regiment: Private, Canada
Remember their sacrifice
Regiment: Westminster (MOT) Years of service: 1943-44 Other details: Killed in action Sept. 24, 1944 in Cesena, Italy.
Regiment: 7th L.A.A. Reg. Royal Canadian Army Years of Service: 5 Other Details: Served England, Northern Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland from July 1941 - January 1946
Remember those who gave their lives for peace
Sgt. Paddy Etmanski
Regiment: Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Years of Service: 5 1/2 Other Details: Served from Feb. 1940 to Oct. 1945.
Albert Comfort Regiment: Able Seaman R.C.N. Other details: Stationed on board the HMCS 'Uganda'
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Cecil Bjorgaard Years of Service: Two years Other Details: Cecil was stationed in Holland during World War II.
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F/O R.D. (Dick) Neil Jack R. Walkley
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. Years of Service: 4 (WWII) Other Details: Reg. No. K49342
Lula May Marr
W310980 RCAF/Air Force Photographer, Canada
Toby Nicholas Regiment: Private, Seaforth Highlanders
Warren Parsons
K72669 FC Sept. 1, 1940-Oct. 30, 1945 Served overseas for 5 years
Pte. J.G. Repka Regiment: 49th Loyal Edmonton Regiment Years of Service: 1943-46 Other Details: Served in Sicily, Italy and England. Pte. J.G. Repka Regiment: 49th Loyal Edmonton Regiment Years of Service: 1943-46 Other Details: Served in Sicily, Italy and England.
Attached to Royal Air Force Years of Service: 6 Other Details: Served from 1941 - 1947, Flying Officer Can J92509
Robert Moberg
Royal Canadian Army Years of Service: 2 Other Details: Served in Korea from 1951 - 1952. He resides in Wardner.
Percy Gilbert Bidder
Francis B. O’Brien WWII This photo was taken Feb. 19, 1941
Dale J. Leask
Regiment: 2 PPCLI; Years of service: 5 Other Details: This picture is of Dale’s U.N. Peace Keeping force in Cypres in 1976
Raymond H. Van Steinburg Regiment: 47 General Transport, Core Troops, 1st Division Years of service: 1941-46 Other details: Participated in the Battle of Britain, invasion of Normandy on D-Day and was in Berlin in the day of surrender
Peter Denis Shypitka
Born 1920 - Died 2001 Regiment: Joined the Canadian Army, September 1939 at age 19 (said he was 21). Served with the 8th Army Field Regiment. Trained in England before going to Africa and then Italy. Pete fought with the Tank Corp at Monte Cassino, Italy (hardest fought battle of World War II), and later in Holland, France, Germany,and back to England. Married in England. Returned to Canada on 'The Aquitania'. Other details: Peter was awarded 1939-1945 Star, The Italy Star, The France and Germany Star, The 19391945 Defence Medal, George IV, I.I.G.BR.OMN Volontaire and was the Past President British Empire Service League, Canadian Legion BC#24 (Cranbrook 1948). Peter operated the Van Horne Grocery 1945-1949. In 1949 he returned to England with his wife Elsie and two children, where he operated a Grocery Store, in Kent.
Harold Nielson
Regiment: Royal Canadian Artillery Years of service: 4 Other details: Served in Canada and overseas.
Alex Edmunds
Regiment: Irish Fusiliers Years of service: 6
Name: Pte Cory E. E. Green Regiment: Princess Patricia Years of service: 3 Other details: Infantry serving in Afganistan
Robert F. Bidder
(from left) Sgt. Aulder (Gus) Conroy in the Army. Elmer Conroy in the Navy. Jack Conroy in the Air Force.
Name: Ray Murrell Regiment: Gov. General Foot Guards Years of service: 1941-1946 Other details: Served overseas in WWII.
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Rocky Mountain Rangers Years of service: 4 Other details: Leading aircraft man, Air Force. Served in Canada and overseas.
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Cenotaph at Sparwood, BC Vince Liska was from Michel/Natal. Killed at Inchon, Korea Dec. 3, 1950. First Canadian lost in Korean Theatre of War. Was a crew member aboard the HMCS Cayuga.
Name: Dick Boardman Regiment: Years of service: Other details: WW II
Name: Walter Raymond Grimm Regiment: 7 L.A.A. Reg T 67th Battery RCA Years of service: 1941-46 Other details: Served in the U.K. & Europe
Regiment: 54th Battalion, Canadian Army, WWI Other details: Served in France and Ypres. KIA Nov. 15, 1917. Buried in Tyne Cot. Passchendale
William Ewart Pratt Regiment: 117th battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force, Veterans Guard of Canada Years of service: 1940-42 Other details: Father to Grace Campbell (Kimberley), grandfather to Bill Campbell (Sparwood), Bev Campbell (Edmonton) Barb Blakey (Cranbrook), Brenda Boyd, Bruce Campbell, Bonnie Warren, Belinda Peterson and Betty Anne Christiansen (all in Ontario)
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Henry Latka Regiment: Canadian Armoured Division Years of service: 1944-45 Other details: Henry Latka is pictured on the left. The other soldier is unknown.
William Muir Regiment: RCNUR Years of service: 1943-45 Other details: A.A. Gunner HMCS Chambly in the North Atlantic.
Kenneth H. Fox Regiment: RCAF Joined: 1943 Other details: Served as a tailgunner
W.D. Larry Weber Regiment: P.E.R.I. Years of service:20 years Other details:Was stationed with the UN in Cyprus and on the Golan Heights
James Edward Sims Regiment: Canadian Army Years of service: 1943-46 Other details: Served in Canada, United Kingdom and Continental Europe.
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In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
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William (Bill) McIvor The Hall Brothers
John Mervyn Hurst Regiment: Westminster Years of Service: 193945 Other Details: Served in Africa, Italy and France throughout World War II.
Kelly Ferguson
C.F.B. Comox 442 Transport & Rescue Squadron Years of Service: Still active Other Details: Has had four peacekeeping tours: Bosnia, Israel, Afghanistan and United Arab Emirates
Stanford served overseas in the Canadian Scottish Regiment for 6 years. Chester served 6 years in Canada. Stanley served overseas in the Seaforth Highlanders for 2 years.
Regiment: 54th Battalion, WWI , CEF, Motorman
Pte. Charles Fred Ferguson Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders Infantry Years of service: 1943-45 Other details: Served in Canada, United Kingdom and the Central Mediterranean area
Pt. John Franklin Parker Reid
Verne Askew
Regiment: 1st Canadian Paratrooper Years of service: 1942-46 Other details: Overseas in France.
RCAF - WWII
Ted Fitzpatrick Regiment: R.C.A - L.A.A Years of service: 1942-1946
Royal Canadian Navy (Quarter Rate Gunner) Years of Service: 1952-57 Other Details: HMCS Athabascan & HMCS Cayuga Korea, 1953 - 1954
Glen Christianson
Stanley G. Hendren Regiment: ML 069 Fairmile Years of service: 5 years Other details: Wireless Operator Signalman
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Lament . . . . . . . . . . . Dan McKinnon
Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . Padre Ray Green Act of Remembrance . . . . . Rob Martin Past-President, RCL Branch No. 24 Laying of Wreaths
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Regiment: Queens Own Rifles Years of service: 11/2 years Other details: He went overseas in March 1943 and was killed on D-Day 1944, 9 miles in from the Beachhead. . Only soldier from Invermere who didn't come home
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Regiment: Forestry Corps Armoured Tank Division Years of service: 1940-45 Other details: Served North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Germany
LAC Robert J. Davidson Regiment: RCAF Medical Branch Years of Service: 1941-1945 Other details: Served as medical aide in a military hospital in Edmonton, AB.
Name: John H. (Jack) Docking
Remembrance Day 2012 Name: J. Roy Gilmore Regiment: Canadian Army Years of service: 4 years Other details: Forestry Corp. Truck Driver
Roy Alexander Koch Years of Service: 3 Other Details: Joined RCA in England, trained to be a dispatch rider, bringing messages to front line on motorcycle. Suffered injury from motor bike accident. Became Army mechanic until War ended and returned home.
Chester C. Kanester Regiment:CDN Army Infantry Years of service: 3 years Other details: Wounded in Normandy Invasion
AB James Patrick Kennedy
1st & 2nd Canadian Division Other Details: A veteran of the invasion of Sicily and battles in Italy & France. Most notably, he took part in the liberation of the Netherlands for which he was decorated by the Dutch government.
Regiment: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry 8th Army Years of Service: 6 Other Details: Served from 1939 - 1945, picture taken in Alpendoorn, Netherlands.
Harold Frank John Bidder
Remembrance Day Parade Sunday, November 11, 2012
Will assemble in the parking lot behind the Credit Union at 10:00am Colin Anderson Flight Lieutenant Henry Stuart RCAF - Radar Op. Years of Service: 4 Other Details: He served from 1941 - 1945
Regiment: Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) Other details: Served Canada, Vietnam plus cadet instructors list for a total of 38 years.
Lest We Forget
On this day, we want to thank the vets for their service to our country. Especially Bud Caldwell who meant so much to us. - Miss you Dad
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John W. Waddell
Regiment: Royal Canadian Navy Years of Service: 14 Other Details: Korea, 1951-52
Nicholas V. Barron Regiment: Combat Engineers, ICER Edmonton Years of service: 5, still serving Other details: Served in Afghanistan 2007-2008 for 71/2 months
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Johson, Einar
Flight Sergeant Regiment: RCAF #61 Squadron From Wardner, BC; died 23 August 1943 at age 26
Sergeant Paddy Etmanski and his wife Muriel on their wedding day
Pierre Sylvester Regiment: Canadian Forestry Corp. Harry Brown (standing) and his brothers-in-law Robert (left) and William Smith enlisted in Cranbrook with the 107th Battery 24th Field Brigade in the fall of 1939. They served in Italy, France and Germany and returned home in the summer of 1945.
Stationed with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in Aberdeen, Scotland, during World War II, Paddy Etmanski met and married his Scottish sweetheart Muriel (nee McDonald). The ceremony took place on April 14, 1942 in Aberdeen. Paddy's best man was friend and fellow soldier Walter and Muriel's older sister Vi served as the bridesmaid. At the end of the war, Muriel came to Canada along with thousands of other war brides. They moved west to Kimberley, where Paddy began work with Cominco. They also lived in Riondell and Elkford, before moving to Cranbrook. The couple had three children. Paddy and Muriel Etmanski were married 62 years before Paddy passed away in 2004. Muriel Etmanski still lives in Cranbrook. Daughters Feri and Judy live in Elkford and son David has made Creston his home.
John Valentine Templin (left - in Italy) left
Lock, Otto
Harry Brown, Robert Smith and William Smith
MacDonald, Kenneth R.
Wallace Leighton Bidder
WWI Regimental #2024824 Rank Spr.
Late of Creston (1918-1990) Years of Service: 1941-1946 Canadian Army - was an insructor at Camp Borden, Ontario with Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers. Shipped overseas in 1944. Served in England, Belgium, Holland, France and Germany, Craftsman First Class. 8th Canadian Armored.
home at age 16 to enlist in the Polish army. He fought in Italy and came to Canada in 1947/48. He worked on a sugar beet farm and as a cow hand before arriving at Michel to work in the coal mine. He lives in Sparwood.
Regiment: 10th Field Squadron Engineers, Canadian Armed Division Years of Service: 1941-1946 Served overseas in WWII
Harry Hahn Irene Travis Regiment: British Army Years of service: 1941Other details:
Served as a military policeman in England. Husband to Beatrice Hahn of Golden and brother to Enid Holloway of Cranbrook.
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Discovering that you have a hearing loss and realizing that you may need to get hearing aids can be a confusing and stressful experience. Where to go, what to do, and how long will it take are all questions that can arise. However, the negative impact of this experience can be minimized if the right hearing healthcare professional is involved in the process. Approximately 10% of Canadians live with a hearing loss, but most do not seek professional help or treatment. This number is roughly equivalent to the population of Toronto and Vancouver combined! Although most hearing problems are associated with age, over half of all hearing impaired persons are under the age of 65 years. Hearing difficulties can be ‘invisible’ to the person involved. Most adults lose their hearing gradually and don’t realize that it is happening or the impact it has on their daily lives or how it is experienced by family members and friends. The symptoms of hearing loss may include any or all of the following signs: • Asking people to repeat often • Being able to hear, but not understand • Not being able to follow conversations • Difficulty hearing in background noise • Feelings of depression, anxiety or isolation • Strained personal and family relationships • Undue fatigue and stress • Avoidance of social situations There are many barriers to treatment and reasons why people do not seek help for their hearing loss. Often there are concerns about cost or a lack of knowledge about the true benefits of hearing aid technology. For some people, the perception of a negative stigma associated with hearing loss and or the cosmetic aspect prevent them from wearing hearing aids. Finally, in many cases there is considerable avoidance of confronting the issue and it can take several years for the person to be ready to do something about the hearing loss.
Do I even need hearing aids?
The first step in pursuing hearing aids is to have a full diagnostic hearing test by an Audiologist to determine if a hearing loss is present. This testing will indicate what kind of hearing loss is present. The most common type of hearing loss is ‘nerve deafness’ or sensorineural hearing loss which is not medically treatable. If you have this type of hearing loss, your Audiologist will discuss amplification with you in the form of hearing aids or other assistive listening devices based on both www.DynamicHearingSolutions.ca the degree of loss and your specific needs. If there is a history of noise exposure through work or military experience, then your Audiologist will initiate a WCB or Veteran’s claim. There are a several types of hearing loss that can be treated
medically, and it is important that they be treated first, before you get hearing aids. If you do not have a hearing loss, or decide that you are not ready for hearing aids yet, there is no pressure put upon you. To wear hearing aids successfully, you must first be mentally prepared.
So, I have a hearing loss and want to get hearing aids…
If the testing shows that you do have a hearing loss and you want to get the process started, then your Audiologist will go over a range of options. Based on your hearing loss and more importantly, your specific hearing needs, a number of different options will be highlighted as well as the benefits and drawbacks for each. Advanced digital technology today has provided major breakthroughs in both style and quality of sound and has improved the lives of those who wear hearing aids. From the reduction of background noise to improvements in clarity of speech, hearing aids are becoming recognized as the most viable solution to improving the quality of life for those over the age of 65. Hearing aid styles vary, and not all are created equal. ‘Open fit’ hearing aids are the most discreet and natural sounding options available and can be fit on most people successfully. Open fit hearing aids eliminate the ‘head in a barrel’ sensation and are so comfortable that most users forget they are wearing hearing aids. Appropriately fit and programmed hearing aids or assistive listening devices can make a significant difference for those living with a hearing loss. With today’s technology, wearers report a significant improvement in their ability to hear in almost every situation. The most apparent benefits of wearing hearing aids are to be able to hear family and friends again, improved relationships, and a much more positive outlook on life including greater self-confidence. A knowledgeable hearing healthcare professional, or Audiologist, can provide you with the best that technology can offer based on your specific hearing needs. Critically, not everyone presents with the same needs, so it is important to focus on the precise listening situations and tailor make the solution that is right for each individual. Come with your questions—that helps us to determine the best hearing aids for you. We also recommend that you come with a familiar voice (spouse, child, friend, etc.) to assist in a practical demonstration of current hearing aid technology. If you decide to get hearing aids, the process has just begun. It can take several weeks to get used to new hearing aids, so close contact and follow up with your Audiologist is important to ensure success. We hope that this information proves helpful to you. If you have any questions, and are interested in taking the first step towards better hearing, please call us at 877-426-0079 or visit us in the Tamarack mall in Cranbrook, or at the Rocky Mountain Health Centre in Fernie. Our goal is quality hearing… for life!
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C.G. Bud Ellis Moyie, BC Active service WWII on Corvette in North Atlantic ABL Seaman, AA3 Gunner
Ernie Wayne Perry
Regiment: 2 RCHA, Petawawa Years of Service: 12 Cyprus Peacekeeping, Airborn
Name: Owen Robert Haley Regiment: Canadian Operating Railway Corp Years of service: 3 1/2 years
Jim Fitzpatrick Regiment: 18th F.C. RCAT Years of service: WWII
Jack Horie Regiment: Years of service: Other details:
Alexander (Sandy) Clark Regiment: Canadian Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force Years of service: 3 years Other details: Served at the Battle of Passchendaele at Ypres, Belgium; is great grandfather to Dan and Julian Turner of Cranbrook
Zachary Birdstone Regiment: Canadian Forestry Corp.
Sgt. Ralph Robert Beardsley
Regiment: Sherbrooke Fusiliers, 27 Armoured Div. Years of Service: 1939-45 Other Details: Awarded the MM (1899-1982)
Stan Bednarczyk Corporal in Polish Army during WWII. Fought at the side of Allied Forces in Italy. Immigrated to Canada in 1946, recently passed away in Cranbrook.
Jack Fitzpatrick Regiment: B.C.D. Years of service: 1944-1945
Name: Elmer I. Moore Regiment: Years of service: 3 1/2 years
Cpl. Angus Wodyga
Frank H. Edmunds
Royal Canadian Air Force Years of Service: 3 Other Details: Wireless Operator from 1942 - 1945
Regiment: Canadian Scottish Years of service: 5-1/2
Henry (Harry) Edmunds WWI
Russell Leamy
WWI He died in 1926 from chest wounds he received in France in 1916.
Olive Colvin (Ryckman)
Robert A. Dickie
Regiment: Gordon Highlanders & Veterans Guard Years of Service: 8 Other Details: Served in WWI from 1914 - 1918 & WWII from 1941 - 1945
Name: Bill Bryant Regiment: Years of service: Other details: WW II
Regiment: Canadian Women’s Army Corps Years of Service: 2 Other Details: Served in Canada Ottawa Postal Service from 1943 1945. She resides in Kimberley.
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Name: George "Ernie" Buchan Regiment: Southern Alberta Regiment Years of service: Other details: Reece Troup
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Sid Craig Regiment: 1 SVC BN Tn Coy 18 4 tours of duty to the Balkan (2x), Israel and Afghanistan
William Robert Murley Regiment: 125th RAF Newfoundland Squadron Years of Service: 1939-46 Other Details: Served in Europe and U.K. Currently resides in Marysville.
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Ernest James Bidder Name: Cpl Donald Bertrum Woodman Regiment: South Alberta Regiment M508510 Years of service: 1941-45
Regiment: WWII - Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Army . Served in Holland at time of Liberation, United Kingdom, Continental Europe 1942-1946.
Let us never forget those we owe our freedom
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John Ryckman W.G. (Bill) Lancaster Regiment: R.C.N.V.R. Years of service: 194346 Other details: Service on high seas, aero engineer mechanic
Jean-Paul Clement
Regiment: de Maisonneuve Years of service: 4 Other details: Killed in action August 6, 1944; France.
Jack Ryckman
Regiment: RCASC Years of service: 1941-1945 Other details: Served in Canada, England, France, Holland, Belgium and Italy.
Harold Travis Jr. Regiment: R.C.A.F Years of service: 19491972 Other details: In the Reserves from 1973-1980. Argus Submarine Patrol Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Rescue Squadrons 103; 111; 442
Clair (Jack) Gallagher
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders Years of service: 1939-1945 Other details: Came home the summer of 1945.
Jack Stevens Regiment: Private 2nd Field Survey Co. R.C.E.
Paul Devlin Sawchuk Regiment: Royal Canadian Navy Years of service: 1942-45 Other details: Torpedoman HMCS Waskesiu, served in the battle of the Atlantic, protected convoys to U.K., Gibraltar, Sierra Leone and Murmansk, Russia, sank U257 on February 24, 1944
Name: Lieutenant Jeanie Hamilton Ruffle (McGowan) Regiment: WWII Army Years of service: 1941-46 Other details: TrainedVermillion AB; StationedLondon, England to May 1945; Brothers Charlie & Archie McGowan-Navy
Bill Simmons Jr. RCA Overseas
William (Bill) Stanley
Regiment: Saskatoon Ligh Infantry Years of Service: 3 Other Details: Served 1942 1945 in North Africa & Italy. This picture was taken training in Chilliwack 1942.
Royal Canadian Army, WWI (CEF) Years of Service: 4 Other Details: Served in Canada, England, and France and Belgium from 1914 - 1918. He resides in Creston
Cpl. Mike Smith Regiment: CFB Edmonton 1st Service Battalion Years of service: 16.5 years Other details: Served in Kosovo, Bosnia, & Afghanistan; Deploying to Afghanistan again in February 2008. Raised in Cranbrook; Son of Bob & Dorothy Smith
(from left) Lt. Victor Stanton RFC (pilot,) KIA 1918, age 24. Sgt. William Stanton (CEF) Wounded Paschendale, 1917, age 28. Sgt. Horace Stanton (CEF) 2nd battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles. Wounded Vimy Ridge, 1917, age 29.
Name: Merle Rowland Regiment: RCME Years of service: 1950-1977 Other details: Korea
Stan Snow Name: George Frocklage Regiment: K45711 Years of service: WWII Other details: Heavy artilliary operator
Arthur Frank Stahl Years of service: 1914-18 Other details: Enlisted at age 40, served at Vimy Ridge and volunteered with the Engineer Corps.
Regiment: Canadian Army RCHA; 1st Troop, 1st Division Years of service: 1941-45 Other details: Signals— Frontline
John Stace-Smith
Regiment: 1st CSR 16th Years of service: 1940-46 Other details: Injured: damaged ears and shrapnel. Nickname: Stacey
Jean & Wm. Quail
Jean (nee Mellor) served in Suffield, AB mostly as a telephone operator and reached the rank of sergeant. F/O Quail was a navigator in the RCAF, went overseas and survived a crash in a Wellington aircraft in Britain while returning from a nickel raid over France. This is their wedding photo, taken mid-war.
Name: Roy A. Smith Regiment: Years of service: 16 years Other details: Lieut./Cpl. WW I, WW II
George Shaw
Keith Thompson
Royal Canadian Air Force Years of Service: 4 Other Details: Served in Canada, England, and Burma from 1941 - 1945.
Warrant Officer 2nd Class Born Jan. 15, 1924. Enlisted RCAF Oct.10, 1942 in Vancouver. Received his wings Dec. 24, 1943. Served overseas 1943-45. 413 Squadron; 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit.
Name: Jason Tait Regiment: ICER Years of service: 5 years Other details: Bosnia, Khandahar, Afghanistan
Willie Stevens Regiment: Private R.C.E.
Lee Martin Taylor William Sinclair
R.C.A.F. Years of Service: 4 Other Details: Served from 1941 to 1945, received gold medal in Radio Proficiency in Montreal - posted to Calgary as Instructor at No. 2 Wireless.
George Thompson Jack M. Scott
Regiment: British Columbia Dragoons (RCA) 9th Armoured Tank Regiment
Royal Canadian Army Years of Service: 2 Other Details: Served in Canada from 1943 - 1945. He resides in Wardner.
Regiment: Royal Canadian Army Cadet Lieutenant. Other details: Larry attended school in Cranbrook but moved to Vancouver in 1998. His short story Do We Really Know What We Are Remembering appeared in the first special Remembrance Day edition of the Kootenay News Advertiser.
Bill Stefanuk Herbert Gordon Stanyer Regiment: Royal Canadian Engineers M106376 Years of service: 1942-1945 Other details: Dispatch Rider
Regiment: RCNVR Years of service: 1943-45 Other details: Allied Submarine Device Committee aboard HMCS Oshawa protecting convoys in North Atlantic.
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Harry Sawchuk Regiment: 3rd Field Co., Royal Canadian Engineers, Canadian Army Other details: Killed in action on May 23, 1944 during the assault on the Hitler line in Italy. Lies burried in the Canadian War Cemetary at Casino, Italy
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H.H. (Mick) Proctor, C.G. Proctor, W.R. Proctor Name: John Rowland Regiment: Years of service: 1939-1967 Other details: WW II
John Hill Regiment: BDR 77 BTY RCA Years of service: 19421945 Other details: Passed away in 1948 - 25 years old
Name: Warren (Rusty) Foss Regiment: Royal Canadian Navy
Name: John L. Parker Regiment: #4 Repeat Camp, C wing, Whitley Years of service: 4 years Other details: Volunteered
Other Details: Navy, Army, Air Force, Canadian Armed Forces, WW II
John (Jack) F. VanVeRiet
Regiment: 4th Field Reg., 2nd division; gunner RCA Years of service: 1941-45 Other details: Served in England, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, holland. Wounded in France 1944, captured and escaped. Sent to England for recovery, then back to active service.
Jack Stace-Smith
Martin J. Schnell
Regiment: 3 C.O. CSR 16th Years of service: 1914-16 Other details: Lost right leg above the knee in 1916, Battle of the Somme
Name: Bruce Rowland Regiment: 1st and 2nd PPCLI & Para Years of service: 1957-1967
Regiment: Winnipeg Rifles Years of Service: 3 yrs, 8 mo.
Ben Francis Regiment: Private in the Canadian Scottish, 3rd Division
Charles Clarricoates Regiment: SeaForth Highlanders Years of Service: 1941-45 Other Details: Wounded in action 3 times
Name: Ernie Ryde Regiment: Years of service: 1944 - 1945
Name: Ernie Steward Regiment: Royal Canadian Navy Years of service: 4 years Other details: HMCS Gatineau
Don K. Stanley
Years of Service: 8 Other Details: Served 1992 2000
Leslie W. Parsons, Jr.
Served in the peacetime air force in Canada.
Mildred Parsons
W110901 CWAC 27th AA June 14, 1943-Jan. 4, 1944 Defence and Volunteer Medal
Mark Simmons RCA
W.S. Scott Sr. - left & W.S. Scott Jr. - right
Regiment: Sr. - 16th General Hospital, Jr. - 8th Army Field Years of Service: Sr. - 1 1/2 years, Jr. - 4 1/2 years Other Details: Sr. served 6 months in England, Jr. served in England, Italy & Northwest Europe.
Frank (Hank) Sopko Name: Clifford A. St. Eloi Regiment: P.P.C.L.I. C.T.T.C. Years of service: 1.5 years Other details: Was going to train for Japan but the bomb was dropped.
Sgt. William (Bill) L. Swain Enlisted in 1902 at age 16 in the British Army during the Boer War. Served in the R.C.A. in France during WWI, wounded by shrapnel. Also served from 1939-45 in R.C.A. during WWII.
Regiment: Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles Years of service: 1939-44 Other details: Regimental Headquarters 28th Canadian Armoured Tank Regiment, BCR. Served in Canada, UK and Continental Europe as a tanker.
Frank Sam Regiment: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 2nd Division
Name: Clifford D. St. Eloi Regiment: Forest Corp & Railway Years of service: 6 years Other details: Went Overseas twice, went in on Railway
Kyle Taylor (From left) Kenneth, Frank, Charles, Clarence and Herbert Stanyer All five brothers volunteered for service and were sent overseas during WWII. They all survived and returned home. All are now deceased except for Herbert Stanyer who currently resides in Wasa. Herbert served in the Royal Canadian Engineers from 1942-45.
Jack and Jean Morrison,
Other Details: Royal Canadian Navy (RCNVR/WRCNS) 4&3 Years
Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders (Cadets) Other details: Kyle was born in Cranbrook in 1983. While in army cadet training Kyle earned the Lord Strathcona Trust Award and Medal of Merit. He lives in Langley.
Harold Smith
Regiment: Unknown Years of Service: 5 Other Details: Served in Canada, England, Holland, Belgium, France and Italy from 1940 - 1945.
Name: Vincent John Smith Regiment: HMCS Years of service: 1944-1946
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David Parkin
Regiment: Canadian Scottish Years of service: 1941-46 Other details: Raised in Cranbrook
Leslie W. Parsons
An American who enlisted in a Canadian Cavalry regiment in 1914. He was reported missing in action but turned up safe in hospital in Scotland. Also served as a cook in WWII.
Percy G. Docking
Pte. Felix J. Lanthier
Ernest Dimetro Wiznowich
Served in the Boer War, WWI
Lt. Col. David Philpot Regiment: D.S.O., O.B.E. Kootenay Years of service: 1913-43 Other details: Twice decorated for valour on Vimy Ridge during WWI
Name: Gordon A. Willis Regiment: RCAP W.O.G. Years of service: 3 years Other details:
Name: L.A.C. Allen W. Patmore Regiment: Airforce Years of service: 1 year Other details: Airforce mechanic killed in action in 1942. Buried in Bury St. Edmonds, England
Regiment: British Columbia Dragoons No. K3769 Years of Service: 3, 2 yrs active duty Other Details: Rank: Trooper, Gunner operator, “C” Squadron. Served in Canada, United Kingdom, Continental Europe
P.O.1 Ross Farquharson
Frank Pigott
Regiment: Canadian Scottish K6-2764 From Wynndel, BC
Nelson J.A. Price Regiment: RCAF Corporal Years of service: 1942-46 Other details: Flight 2-C Squadron, No 3M Depot airframe mechanic; trained in Canada,and was in Normandy the day after the invasion
Royal Canadian Navy Years of Service: 1937-1945 Other Details: Saw active wartime duty on many ships including the minesweeper HMCS Kenora on D-Day.
Regiment: Victoria Rifles Years of Service: 2 Other Details: Peacekeeping duty Welland Canal, Ontario
Peter Lucas (Lukasewich) Regiment: Loyal Edmonton Regiment (Princess Patricia Light Infantry) Years of service: 1941-47 Other details: Volunteered for service, served on active duty in Sicily, Italy, Belgium and Holland
Thomas Fitzpatrick Regiment: 18th F.C. Lincoln Wellington Years of service: WWII Other details: Killed in action on December 9, 1944
Donald E. Nesbitt Regiment: Royal Canadian Navy Years of Service: 1943-46 Other Details: Served in Corvette and aboard HMS Stellerton
Nelson and Fred Barnhardt
Other Details: 28th Canadian Amoured, 5 & 4 years
Roy G. Holm Name: Patrick Noftall Regiment: Royal Newfoundland Regiment Years of service: Other details: 1st Battalion
COLLEGE OF THE ROCKIES
R.C.A.F. Years of Service: 5
Edmunds, Alex (l)
Regiment: Irish Fusiliers Years of service: 6
Name: Elmer Carver
Edmunds, Frank H. (r)
Regiment: Canadian Scottish Years of service: 5-1/2
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Canadian Army Years of Service: 1942-45 Other details: Cooked for the officers throughout his years of service.
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Mark Parkyn
Years of service: 1978-1981 Other details: Trained in Lahr, Germany. United Nations peacekeeping operation in Cyprus. Home base Shilo, MB. Airborne base Edmonton, AB.
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Name: Hilda Muir World War I. 1916-1918 British Army Women's Division.
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Ken L. Smith Jim, Len Werden, Bert Perfit and George Nicol Other Details: Picture taken at Calgary in 1942
Bruce Ferg Regiment: 2nd Canadian RCA Years of service: 1941-46 Other details: Served in Italy.
Samuel Thomas Alexander Regiment: 72nd Battalion CMR Years of Service: 1917-19 Other Details: Wounded at Vimy Ridge in April, 1917. Met Delphine Letcher in France at a field hospital; married after the War.
Regiment: 1st Br. PPCLI Years of service: 1950-53 Other details: Korea 1952-52. Royal Cdn. Engineers 195481: Canada, Germany Cyprus, peacekeeping.
William (Bill) Nelson Kaiser Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force Years of Service: 194146 Other Details: Worked in the technical equipment division and was stationed in Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
Barbara (Nesbitt) Fridell
Regiment: RCAF-WD Clerk Ops. Division Years of service: 1944-45
Name: William Muir World War II. HMCSRCNUR 1943-1945. Able Bodied Seaman A.A. gunner aboard HMCS Chambly in the North Atlantic.
Name: Bud Ellis Regiment: Active service on a Corvette as an Able Seaman. Other: Served in the North Atlantic as a gunner.
Harry Parsons
FK3047 LER April 16, 1943-Jan. 19, 1953 Vancouver SH
Cpl. Eugene F. Kennedy Regiment: Ld. Sh (RC) Released from armed services in 2006. Now an RCMP member since 2007. Other Details: Served in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan in Peacekeeping missions.
Name: Cory E. Green Regiment: Princess Patricia Light Infantry. Years of service: Currently serving 2nd tour in Afghanistan.
Name: Robert Cecil Collinson Regiment: 6890 Active Service South Sask. Years of service: 3 Other details: Born in 1919
Name: Arvid Damstrom Regiment: Ordinance Division Other: Stationed in Scotland.
Name: Edgar Damstrom Regiment: 1st Canadian Parachute Division attached to the 6th British Airborne.
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Name: Steve Romanick Regiment: Years of service: Other details: WW II
Name: Einar Damstrom Regiment: Signal Corps. Other: Stationed in Jamaica.
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Name: Roger Joseph Comeau Regiment: Royal 22nd. Years of service: 1950-53 Other details: Served in the Korean War
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Joe Eugene Regiment: Canadian Forestry Corp.
Name: Arthur Damstrom Regiment: Signal Corps. Other: Stationed in Holland.
Name: Dick Boardman Regiment: Years of service: Other details: WW II
Name: Rudy Damstrom Regiment: Army Forestry Corps. Other: Stationed in Scotland
We Appreciate the sacrifice made by those in Generations PAST and PRESENT to protect our FREEDOM
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Borthwick, G. Stanford (l) Regiment: RCE Corps Years of service: 1940-45
Borthwick, Ralph (r)
Master Corporal Bill Brulotte Regiment: 441 Squadron Other details: Kept track of CF-104 Starfighter aircraft.
Air Force. He was at D-Day.
Name: Jack Murdoch Regiment: Princess Patricia Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion. Other: Served in Korea.
Name: Nigel Colley Regiment: MARPAC HQ, CFB Esquimalt. Other details: Served two tours in Afghanistan. (2003-04, 05-06) Name: George Edward O'Neil Regiment: Loyal Edmonton Years of service: 3 (apx.) Other details: Died Christmas Eve 1943 while helping save the lives of 4 men from his regiment. Awarded the Military Medal of Honour.
Name: Robert Hutchison Regiment: Canadian Scottish. Years of service: 1944 to 1946.
Henry William O'Bryan Regiment: 1st Canadian Division Years of service: 1917-18 Other details: From Halifax, Nova Scotia.
George Cope Regiment: RCAF Years of service: WW2 Other details: Now resides in Cardston, Alberta.
Don McKillop Regiment: PPCLI Years of service: Korean War Other details: Resides in Kimberley, BC.
Margaret E. Neily Regiment: Canadian Army Medical Corps Years of service: 1942-46 Other details: Born in Bull River. Served in England, Italy and North Africa.
Name: John G. Langin Regiment: RCAF Years of service: 1940-45.
Name: Angus Morrison Years of service: 1939 to 1945 Other: Served in France, and Germany. Medals shown above were awarded for his action in Normandy.
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Travis Brothers Left to Right: Joe Jr, Albert, Herbert, Sitting: Steve Regiment: All four served in the 59th Battalion All four brothers saw action in WWI at Passchendale and Ypres
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Frank Leslie Bollans Regiment: Canadian AntiTank regiment Years of service:1943-46 Other details:Served in Canada, United Kingdom and Continental Europe
Tim (Mac) McEachen Regiment: Regina Rifles 3 PPCLI and Second Airborne Commandos Special Forces Years of service: 1975-85 Other details: If asked where he fought, he'd say "In every bar from Labrador to Australia."
Freebon Kenneth Hayward
3rd Royal Canadian Engineers Years of Service: Full length of World War II France/Germany d. 1987
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Let’s remember those who fought for our freedom
Name: Lorne Robbins Regiment: Navy RCNVR Years of service: 1943-45 Other details: Served on an aircraft carrier
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I am located at Camp KAIA-N, essentially on the north side of Kabul International Airport. We are a group of 11 Canadians embedded with a US Air Force unit called the 738th AEAS (Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron). I am the OIC (Officer in Charge) of Student Squadron at PeH. PeH stands for Pohantoon e Hawayee,
basically “Afghan Air Force University.” My specific job is to advise an Afghan LCol (Lieutenant Colonel) and his three Company Commanders who provide support to a current student body of approximately 500, and a plan to increase that number to over 1200 by the end of 2013. This is the primary training location for the Afghan
Charles Edward Langridge (Ted) Regiment: TPR 1st Division B.C. Dragoons Years of service:1941-46 Other details: Canadian Volunteer Service Medal & clasp, Defense Medal, Star Italy, Star France, Star Germany, 1939-45 Star.
Donald Alfred Doucette Regiment: 425 Squadron Years of service: 1943-45 Other details: Donald Alfred Doucette was an RCAF Air Gunner
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Donald A. Elliott Regiment: Military Police Years of service:1940-46
Charles W. Sims Regiment: South Alberta Regiment Years of service:4 years Other details:Saw service in Holland and England.
Name: Mark E. Topliff Regiment: Explosive Ordinance Division Years of service: 4 tours in Afghanistan.
Name: Frank P. Morro Regiment: RCAF Other: Killed in 1943. Shot down by German plane near Kleikenkneten Germany.
Name: Merrill Lathem Regiment: West Nova Scotia Years of service: 2 Other details: Served in Italy. Wounded Dec. 1944
Name: Harold Smith Regiment: South Alberta Years of service: 5 years, 3 months.
Name: Frank Lorenzo Romano Regiment: RCE Years of service: Jan. 1942 to Aug. 1945
Name: Jason Panchuk Years of service: 1996 to present. Other: Helped with G8 Security Summit, Bosnia, Afghanistan and switched to field artillery in 2007.
Air Force before they are posted out to operational units around the country. Cheers Major Art Brown RCAF OIC Student Squadron 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Suadron Pohantoon e Hawayee (PeH) Camp KAIA-N, Kabul Afghanistan.
Delphise Lapointe Regiment: 21st Canadian Battalion Years of service: Fought in WW1 Other details: Died of wounds received at the Battle of Somme, France in September of 1917. Younger brother of Creston Pioneer Charlie Lapointe.
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Dominic Maletta Regiment: With the HMCS Cayuga Years of service: 1950-51 Other details: Dominic Maletta served in Korea.
Allan R. Johnson Regiment: RCAF / CAF Years of service: 1958-82 Other details: Royal guard of honour for Princess Margaret and Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Frank and Helen Fisher Regiment: Air Force (Air Transport Pilot Command and Women's Division RCAF Years of service:1942-45 Other details:Frank delivered lend-lease planes to Europe and Africa and Helen was stationed in Paulson & Ottawa
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