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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, oth-ers 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.

Remembering those who served

By Gordon Moore

Once again Remem-brance Day will soon be upon us. A time for Canadians of all ages to remember the more than one hundred thou-sand fellow citizens who fought, bled and died protecting our freedoms along with the countless others who have served our country.

But Remembrance Day should not only be

reserved to remember those who made the ulti-mate sacrifi ce. It should also be a practical re-membrance of the living – the disabled Veterans, RCMP members, wid-ows, widowers, orphans and family members of those who served who are in need of a helping hand.

Members of the Royal Canadian Legion are, as one of their core respon-sibilities, the Guardians

of Remembrance. The Poppy Campaign orga-nized by the Legion, in conjunction with Re-membrance Day, helps alleviate suffering and addresses the needs of Veterans and their fami-lies who may not have the fi nancial wherewith-al for basic necessities.

The Legion assists with purchasing medi-cal equipment, awarding bursaries for needy stu-dents, providing support services such as meals-on-wheels and drop-in centres and helping with some basic residential repairs to name but a few.

So much of the Le-gion’s work in our communities goes un-noticed. Every day this organization of more than 330,000 people makes signifi cant contri-butions, not only to en-hance the lives of Veter-ans, but also for seniors, Cadets, Scouts, Guides, as well as serving mem-bers of the Canadian Forces and RCMP and their families.

The Legion remains fi ercely proud to be

Canada’s largest Vet-erans services organi-zation. Our advocacy work on behalf of all who have served in the Canadian Forces and RCMP ensures that they receive life-long sup-port 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 communi-ties in countless ways. The Royal Canadian Le-gion’s Poppy Campaign provides everyone with the opportunity for prac-tical remembrance and it is hoped that this year, with the recent con-fl icts 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 visit-ing your local Legion branch…because you care; because you can.

Lest We Forget,

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Gordon Moore, Dominion President of the Royal Canadian Legion.

A time for all Canadians to remember

Lest We Forget

The news is spread far and wideAnother comrade has sadly died

A sunset vigil upon the sandAs a soldier leaves this foreign land

We stand alone, and yet as oneIn the fading light of a setting sunWe’ve all gathered to say goodbye

To our fallen comrade who’s set to � y

The eulogy’s read about their lifeSometimes with words from pals or wife

We all know when the CO’s doneWhat kind of soldier they’d become

The padre then calls us all to prayThe bugler has Last Post to play

The cannon roars and belches � ameWe will recall, with pride, their name

A minute’s silence stood in placeAs tears roll down the hardest face

deafening silence � lls the airWith each of us in personal prayer

Reveille sounds and the parade is doneThe hero remembered, forgotten by none

They leave to start the journey backIn a co� n draped in the Union Jack

Sgt Andy McFarlane, 2009.

Sunset Vigil

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Cpl. Joyce Conroy (Carver)Regiment: Canadian Women’s Army CorpYears of service: 1942-46

George F.C. EllisRegiment: 72nd Seaforth HighlandersYears of service: 1914Other details: Wounded in the Arra Combra Drive in France.

Raymond FitchettRegiment: British NavyYears of service: 1939-45Other 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.

Dale Bernice Honeyman (West)Regiment: RCAF-WDYears of service: 1943-46Other details: Served as clerk admin. West Coast.

Harold HoneymanRCAFYears of service: 1942-46Other details: flight sergeant in Canada and England. Discharged in 1946.

George JonasRegiment: 50th Battalion (Calgary), 4th Division WWIYears of service: 5 yearsOther details: Wounded at Vimy and at Passchendaele

Daniel J. McCartneyRegiment: Calgary HighlandersYears of Service: 4Other Details: Killed in action August 23, 1944 in Orbec France.

Aloysius McCoyRegiment: Canadian ScottishYears of Service: 2Other Details: Served over-seas from July 8 1940 to September 4, 1942- England and was very proud! Received 3 medals

Bill McKayRegiment: Royal Canadian Forestry CorpsYears of Service: 6Other Details: He served from 1939 - 1945 in France, Belgium, Holland & Germany

Douglas J. J. MiddlebrookYears of Service: 1942-44Other Details: A naval seaman in the Royal Canadian Navy. Served on board the Fairmile Q-102 and the Transconna, a mine sweeper.

Violet M. Koch (McKeever)Years of Service: 4Other 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.

John BrulotteRegiment: Lord Strathcona’s HorseOther Details: Served with United Nations, Korea

Name: Norman Herbert WesleyRegiment: Royal Canadian NavyYears of service: 1940-1945Other details: HMCS

George MobergRoyal Canadian ArmyYears of Service: 2Other Details: Served in Canada, England and France from 1943 - 1945. He resides in Wardner. Name:

Beatrice H. MooreRegiment: W302200Years of service: 2 years, 8 months

Leonard WerdenRegiment: Royal Canadian EngineersYears of Service: UnkownOther Details: Resides in Fort Steele

Angus DavisRegiment: Royal Canadian EngineersYears of Service: 1914-18Other Details: Received DSO for his participation in Battle of “Hill 60”

Isaac McCoyRegiment: 36th Infantry, US Army; Korean War

John H. MarunchakRegiment: BCAD-5th Canadian Armoured Division; also the RCMEYears of service: 1941-45

Tony & Helen StanleyOther Details: This picture was taken in 1942


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Kenneth CarverRoyal Canadian Army (Ottawa Regt.)Years of Service: 3Other Details: Served in Italy & Northwest Europe.

Ray CaseRegiment: R.C.A.S.C. Attached to 12th Canadian Light Field AmbulanceYears of service: 1941-46Other details: Served in England - France - Germany.Married Margaret in Scotland - 1944

Pat PiovesanRegiment: 28th Canadian Armed Regiment (BCR) Years of Service: April 13, 1942 - January 1946Other Details: Tank Corps

Eugene Rob DurhamRegiment: 1st Batt. PPCLIOther Details: Served in Korean War

Robert Durham Sr.Regiment: Royal Canadian Forestry Corps and Veteran Guard; 1939 - 45Served in WWI and WWII

Name: Tom Austin WillsRegiment: Rocky Mountain Rangers

Name: Clifford Wilcock (Lieut.)Regiment: 54th Kootenay Battalion (Nelson)Years of service: 1916-1919 Other details: WW I, WW II

Libby NeveRegiment: Women’s Royal Air ForceYears of Service: 1942-47Other Details: Served as an ambulance driver in an all-woman transport divi-sion.

Flight Liet. Richard NeveRegiment: Royal Air ForceYears of Service: 1946-48Other Details: Served in India at a hospital in Karachi.

Name: Edward G. C. GrimmettRegiment: Canadian Artilliary-19th Battery (3rd Field)Years of service: 1942-45Other details: Gunner

Wayne OatmanRegiment: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light InfantryYears of Service: 1949 - 52

Name: Gerald E. PhillipsRegiment: 128708 RCAFYears of service: 1942-45Other details: Stationed at Penfield Ridge NS Rivers, MB; Vulcan, AB; Topclisse & Eastmoor, Yorkshire, England

Gnr. Norman G. L. PhillipsGunner 1st Class with the 12th Field Rgt., RCAOther Details: He was in the first wave that landed on D-Day. Returned to Canada in 1946.

Russell R. PochaRegiment: Royal Canadian Armoured CorpsYears of service: 1943-46Other details: Served in England, Italy, France, Germany and Holland.

Harry A. RobertsRegiment: Canadian Scottish RegimentYears of Service: 1940-45Other Details: Joined the army at age 16, landed on D-Day, and received 3 wounds. Awarded Knight of the National Order of Merit.

Andrew W. RocickyRegiment: New WestminsterYears of service: 1942-46Other details: Served in Belgium, Holland and Czechoslovakia (libera-tion of Prague)

Name: H.C. (Harry) OstendorfRegiment: Canadian Army InfantryYears of service: 2 yearsOther details: Q.M. stores

William H. RowbothamRegiment: 48th HighlandersYears of Service: 1914-18Other Details: Buried alive 4 times, gassed with mustard gas. A lake is named for him near Coombs, B.C.

Floyd BuchananRegiment: Regina Rifles, Duke of Cannaughts and 28th Canadian Armoured Reg.Years of Service: 6Other Details: Floyd and twin brother Lloyd enlisted on their 18th birthday in 1939. Floyd served in 3 divisions.

Name: James W. ScanlandRegiment: Fort Garryhorse 10th CarYears of service: 4 yearsOther details: Went into France D Day, June 6, 1944

Name: Charles BarnhardtRegiment: 8th Battalion Winnipeg RiflesYears of service: 1914Other details: WW II

Roden Joseph DesrosiersRegiment: Forestry CorpsYears of service: 1940-45Other details: British Isles


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Geordy AtkinsonRegiment: Royal Canadian EngineersOther Details: Resides in Fort Steele

Name: Stephen BabichRegiment: RCAF Air ServiceYears of service: 1942-1945Other details: RCAF Air Service mechanic NWTNFLD

J.L. BrownRCAF Air Gunner 626 SquadronYears of Service: 2Other Details: Completed one tour in Bomber Command

Staff Sergeant Alvin CameronRegiment: Army Support Group Co., 4th Cdn. Div. Years of service: 4Other details: Served England, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany. Enlisted in Cranbrook.

David D. DakinEnlisted in 1942, served in Canada and England. Received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1944.

Francis Paul FioritoRoyal Canadian NavyYears of Service: 5Other Details: Served 1965 - 1969, aboard HMCS Nipigon was present at the Six Day War in Israel 1967.

Sid Glennon2nd Tactical Air ForceYears of Service: 4Other details: photo taken in France, 1944.

Hans HansenRegiment: Canadian Scottish Years of Service: 6Other Details: Served from 1940 - 1946 in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe.

Robert HillRegiment: Royal Canadian Army Service CorpYears of service: 1943-1946 Other details: Born in Regina, Saskatchewan

Isadore MichelRegiment: Canadian Forestry Corp.

Cpl. Patrick J. KennedyRegiment: Essex ScottishYears of service: 3-1/2Other details: Wounded twice. Returned to Canada in 1945 for discharge.

Pte. Raymond LevesqueRegiment: North Shore (NB)Years of service: 1941-45Other details: Joined in Fredericton, NB in 1941. Wounded 10 days before WW II ended. Died in Cranbrook at age 79.

Mary Georgina Clemons (Smith)Regiment: C.A.W.C.Years of service: 1942-46Other details: Served in Artillery (A3) Camp Shilo, as well as going overseas to England, Brussels, Holland and Germany.

Alice Middlebrook (Wilson)Regiment: Canadian Women’s Army CorpYears of Service: 1944-46Other Details: Was a Private in the CWAC and served in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Herbert Travis Jr.Regiment: Calgary Tanks 939Years of service: WWIIOther details: Saw action in Dieppe, Italy, Holland, France, and Germany.

Donald (Don) JacksonRoyal Canadian Navy WWIIYears of Service: 2Other Details: Served main-ly corvettes. He was a ship to shore operator; crossed the Altantic 29 times.

Robert BidderRegiment: Canadian Forces Medical ServiceYears of Service: 24Other Details: Tours included Cyprus, Iraq/Kuwait, Bosnia, Golan Heights and Afghanistan. Retired in 2010

Jack ColvinRegiment: 1st Canadian Paratroop BattalionYears of Service: 4Other Details: Served in Canada, England, and France from 1941 - 1945. He resides in Kimberley

Nelda & Dan MacKinnonRoyal Canadian NavyNelda 3 yrs. as oceanographic researcher; Dan 8 years as a cook.

Fred MacKayRoyal Canadian Army Service Corps.Years of Service: 3Other 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.

Evelyn Mazur (Pearson)Canadian Women’s Army Corps.Years of Service: 2Other Details: WWIIServed in Headquarters Pacific Command (Signals)

Delphine Rose FletcherRegiment: Canadian Army Medical Corp; nursing sisterYears of Service: 1917-19Other Details: Served in Canada, England and France. Has resided in Kimberley since 1925.


Dorothy TravisRegiment: R.C.N.Years of service: 1952-1954Other details: Served in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Howard Roy TyermanRegiment: Royal Canadian Army Service RCBC, RCASC, COAROther details: Overseas service in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany

W.S. ScottRegiment: Canadian ScottishYears of Service: 4Other Details: Served from 1914 - 1918, Immigrated to Canada with his family in 1929

Joseph McCoyRegiment: Seaforth HighlandersYears of Service: 6Other Details: Served Canada and Overseas from February 20, 1940 to April 1, 1946, received 3 medals

Albert GreggRoyal Canadian NavyYears of Service: 2Other Details: Served from 1943 - 1945 in the North Atlantic

Dale J. Leask Regiment: 2 PPCLIYears of service: 5Other Details: This picture is of Dale’s U.N. Peace Keeping force in Cypres in 1976

World Waw I veteransassemble for parade at the Government Agent Office in Cranbrook.

Robert D. (Del) BurchRegiment: III (F) Squadron, Alaskan Combined Canadian / US ForcesYears of service: 1941-45Other 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: Bernard Pius BensRegiment: Provost Corp.Years of service: 3 yearsOther details: Served with the Canadian Armed forces in London, Ontario and was in the Censoring Division handling GermanPOWs.

Harry BrownEnlisted 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.

Name: William DoreyRegiment: HMCS FrenchYears of service: 1944-1946Other details: A/B Seaman AS.D.I.C. operator

CPL Don DundasRegiment: Sherbrooke Fusilier Reg.Years of service: 1939-1945Other 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.

Name: Roy EdwardsRegiment: Regina RiflesSaw action in Europe. Wounded 3 times. Marysville Radiers former coach.

Name: Joseph GairdnerYears of service: 1941-45Other details: Saw action in Europe.

Douglas WallachRegiment: SeaForth HighlandersYears of service: 1942-1945Other details: 17 years old. Saw action in Europe.

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.

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

Name: Clair S ByramRegiment: RAF Bomber CommandYears of service: 13 yearsOther details:Was in Battle of Britain

Name: Wilfred DoreyRegiment: Seaforths P.T.S.Years of service: 1914-1918Other details: World War I

Anton (Tony) LinardicRegiment: Rocky Mountain RangersYears of service: 4 yearsOther details: WW II


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Name: Alexander Percival ClarkRegiment: Nova Scotia HighlandersYears of service: 3 yearsOther details: WW I

Name: Peter John CrooksRegiment: Abel SeamanYears of service: 1944-1945Other details: HMCS

Eilee DodgsonRegiment: Canadian Women’s Army Corp Years of Service: 3

Frederick HillRegiment: Westmarland Cumbria Yeoman Army EnglandYears of service: 1914-1918 Other details: Lived in Creston, B.C. since 1969

Aubrey KempRegiment: Sgt. 2nd Battalion Canadian ScottishYears of Service: 3Other Details: Stationed on West Coast.

Cpl. W.R. KoppeRoyal Canadian ArmyYears of service: 1943-45Other details: Served in U.K., Central Mediterranean and Continental Europe. Photo taken in Italy, 1944.

Name: Cliff J. OwenRegiment:RASC British ArmyYears of service: 1944-1947Other details: Middle East

Name: Howard RowlandRegiment: Years of service: 1939-1945Other details: WW II, Forestry

Stanley P. ShaylerRegiment: RE ME K-71751 Craftsman (Machinist)Years of Service: January 1941 to January 17. 1946Other details: was in France May 20, 1945

James E. StahlEnlisted in 1939 at age 17.Jim was wounded in Germany the day before D-Day.

John Wesley WallaceRegiment: Merchant NavyRadio OfficerYears of Service: June 3, 1943 to December 3, 1944Other details: At 22 was one of five officers who went down with their ship when the SS Cornwallis was torpedoed

Eugene BidderRoyal Canadian Air ForceYears of Service: 2Other Details: Served in Canada from 1943 - 1945.

Sgt. Aulder (Gus) ConroyYears of Service: 1942-46Other Details: Served in Canada, England, France, Holland, Belguim and Germany.

T.W. (Tom) BradfordRegiment: 1st Field Surgical UnitYears of Service: 1941-45Other Details: Served in Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium and Holland.

Name: R.D. (Bob) KnightRegiment: RCNVRYears of service: 1943-1945Other details: Oak Leaf

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. MeijerServed 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 Mother-in-Law Brad & Vicki Poburn of Cranbrook and loving Grandmothers Doris Spencer of Cranbrook and Dorothy Meijer of Maple Ridge, BC.

Name: Louis F. FisherRegiment: 14 Field Coy, RCE, CASFYears of service: 1939-45


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Sigfred W. BakkenRegiment: Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical EngineersYears of Service: 5Other Details: Served from 1941 - 1946, overseas for 2 years in Great Britain & N.W. Europe.

P/O E.R.A. Alfred BamptonRegiment: R.C.N.V.R.Years of Service: 1941-46Other Details: Served on H.M.C.S. Bowmanville, H.M.C.S. Malaspina and H.M.c.S. Camrose

Major Ralph Russell James BrownRegiment: 44th Battalion attached to 4th Cdn. Div. Other details: Died of wounds October 31, 1917 at Passchendaele.

George Cockshott, Jr. Regiment: NavyYears of service: 5Signalman on HMCS Ontario escort ship. Was in Pearl Harbour after it was bombed. Medals and decorations include Atlantic Star, Burma Star.

Sgt. George F. DareYears of service: 1914-19Other details: Machine gunner. Served in France and Belgium incl. Vimy Ridge

Tony FisherRegiment: R.C.AYears of service: WWII

John HauckRegiment: Can R115595 #5 E.C. Cpl., RCAFYears of Service: 4 years and 10 monthsOther details: Aboard in England - 1 year trade M.M.M.T (mechanic and transport)

Royce JolieRegiment: Navy- Barber Pole Escort (convoy duty)Years of service: 2-1/2Other details: Gunnery and Quartermaster, Able Bodied Seaman on river class destroyer HMCS Kootenay.

Lt. Col. Patrick John Kennedy MBE, CDRoyal Canadian ArmyYears of Service: 9Served in WWII from Sept 1939 - March 1948.

Werner (Vern) HollmannServed from 1941 to 1945, Combined Operations (British Royal Navy, Airforce in Europe) Boom Defence Prince Rupert.

William Francis LyeRegiment: K73161 - BombardierYears of service: Six yearsOther details: Wounded in action in Europe in WWII

Robert Alvin JackmanRegiment: K71090 RCEMEYears of service: 1941-46Other details: Served in Continental Europe

Patrick John MiddlebrookYears of Service: 1974-94Other Details: Master Corporal in NATO peacekeeping operations. Was sta-tioned in Germany, Cyprus and Egypt.Born: March 17, 1950

Pt. Henry (Harry) FaircloughRegiment: #18 C.O.Y. Canadian Forestry CorpsYears of service: 1939-45Other details: Served in Canada

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F.O. Malcolm D. McPheeRegiment: J46445 R178275Years of service: 4 yearsOther details: Piolot Trainee-Instructor of Air Gunnery; Action in England; Post war-Flew prisoners out of Germany.

Name: Ernest A. Moore (Private)Regiment: Rocky Mountain RangersYears of service: 2 years

E.C. (Ted) JackmanRegiment: Royal Regina RiflesYears of service: 1943-45Other details: Wounded in action twice, served in Continental Europe. Passed away on October 23, 2008.

Clifford R. KanesterRegiment: Canadian Artillary Tank Corp.Years of service: 4 yearsOther details: Gunner

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M/Cpl. Joanne CrawfordRegiment: 3rd Batallion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in EdmontonYears of Service: 16+ yearsOther Details: Served in Bosnia 1994, now in Edmonton as a Resource Management Support Clerk.

Gordon DockingRegiment: 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.

Sgt. Paddy EtmanskiRegiment: Royal Canadian Army Medical CorpsYears of Service: 5 1/2Other Details: Served from Feb. 1940 to Oct. 1945.

Sam FitzpatrickRegiment: Seaforth HighlandersYears of service: 1942-1946

Robert G. HaineRegiment: 7th L.A.A. Reg. Royal Canadian ArmyYears of Service: 5Other Details: Served England, Northern Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland from July 1941 - January 1946

John G. LanginRegiment: Royal Canadian Air ForceYears of service: 1940-45Other details: Served two tours in Europe

Todd LeaderRegiment: PPCLIYears of service: 1982-1989Peacekeeper and weapons expert in Germany; Airborne Commandos, France. Peacekeeping, Cyprus.

Franklin (Tack) WoodRegiment: V-36027Years of Service: 1941-45Other Details: Served onboard H.M.C.S. Q106 in the Royal Canadian Navy.

Ray Marshall WestRegiment: Westminster (MOT)Years of service: 1943-44Other details: Killed in action Sept. 24, 1944 in Cesena, Italy.

Name: E. Frank WebberRegiment: Canadian Army Military PoliceYears of service: 3 yearsOther details:

Name: Robert (Bob) A. WarrinerRegiment: Calgary Tanks, 27 Armoured Regiment RCACYears of service: WW IIOther details: Military Cross

Name: James WalshRegiment: New WestministerYears of service: 6 yearsOther details: Retired in Cranbrook, B.C.

Thomas MarrDispatch rider, EuropeM101667 Army

Name: Agnes M. MooreRegiment: C.W.A.CYears of service: 3 years

Ron MooyRegiment: Gunner in 5th Cdn. L.A.A. Regt/ RCA Stl Cdn. Armoured Div.Years of Service: 1943-1946, wounded in action in 1944Other Details: Ron was active in the Legion and worked hard on the Cranbrook Wall Memorial.

Ruth MorigeauRegiment: Private, Canadian Women C.W.A.C.

Joe MorigeauRegiment: Private, Canada

Name: Benjamin Chas. NivenRegiment: 10th Infantry BattalionYears of service: 4 yearsOther details: Wounded in battle

Corporal Clayton PoburnStationed in Petawawa, OntarioYears of service: 11Other details: Two tours in Afghanistan

Bombardier Marie PoburnYears of service: 10Other details: One tour in Afghanistan, participated in the parade at Vimy Ridge in March 2007

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Name: Dick BoardmanRegiment: Years of service: Other details: WW II

(from left) Sgt. Aulder (Gus) Conroy in the Army. Elmer Conroy in the Navy.Jack Conroy in the Air Force.

Alex EdmundsRegiment: Irish FusiliersYears of service: 6

Jack R. WalkleyRoyal Canadian Army Service Corps.Years of Service: 4 (WWII)Other Details: Reg. No. K49342

Lula May MarrW310980RCAF/Air ForcePhotographer, Canada

Robert MobergRoyal Canadian ArmyYears of Service: 2Other Details: Served in Korea from 1951 - 1952. He resides in Wardner.

Name: Ray MurrellRegiment: Gov. General Foot GuardsYears of service: 1941-1946Other details: Served overseas in WWII.

F/O R.D. (Dick) Neil Attached to Royal Air ForceYears of Service: 6Other Details: Served from 1941 - 1947, Flying Officer Can J92509

Toby NicholasRegiment: Private, Seaforth Highlanders

Harold NielsonRegiment: Royal Canadian ArtilleryYears of service: 4Other details: Served in Canada and overseas.

Francis B. O’BrienWWIIThis photo was taken Feb. 19, 1941

Warren ParsonsK72669 FCSept. 1, 1940-Oct. 30, 1945Served overseas for 5 years

William Ewart PrattRegiment: 117th battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force, Veterans Guard of CanadaYears of service: 1940-42Other details: Father to Grace Campbell (Kimberley), grandfa-ther 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)

Pte. J.G. RepkaRegiment: 49th Loyal Edmonton RegimentYears of Service: 1943-46Other Details: Served in Sicily, Italy and England.Pte. J.G. RepkaRegiment: 49th Loyal Edmonton RegimentYears of Service: 1943-46Other Details: Served in Sicily, Italy and England.

Peter Denis ShypitkaBorn 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 (hard-est 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 1939-1945 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 chil-dren, where he operated a Grocery Store, in Kent.

Raymond H. Van SteinburgRegiment: 47 General Transport, Core Troops, 1st DivisionYears of service: 1941-46Other details: Participated in the Battle of Britain, invasion of Normandy on D-Day and was in Berlin in the day of surrender

Cenotaph at Sparwood, BCVince 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: Pte Cory E. E. GreenRegiment: Princess PatriciaYears of service: 3Other details: Infantry - serving in Afganistan

Percy Gilbert BidderRegiment: 54th Battalion, Canadian Army, WWIOther details: Served in France and Ypres. KIA Nov. 15, 1917. Buried in Tyne Cot. Passchendale

Name: Walter Raymond GrimmRegiment: 7 L.A.A. Reg T 67th Battery RCAYears of service: 1941-46Other details: Served in the U.K. & Europe

Robert F. BidderRegiment: 2nd Battalion, Rocky Mountain RangersYears of service: 4Other details: Leading aircraft man, Air Force. Served in Canada and overseas.

Dale J. Leask Regiment: 2 PPCLI; Years of service: 5Other Details: This picture is of Dale’s U.N. Peace Keeping force in Cypres in 1976


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In Flanders Fields In Flanders fi elds the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fl y 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 fi elds.

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 fi elds.

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Name: Merrill LathemRegiment: Nova Scotia RegimentOther details: Members of the regiment before deployment to Italy in WW2. Merrill Lathem is marked with an 'X'.

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Henry LatkaRegiment: Canadian Armoured DivisionYears of service: 1944-45Other details: Henry Latka is pictured on the left. The other soldier is unknown.

James Edward SimsRegiment: Canadian ArmyYears of service: 1943-46Other details: Served in Canada, United Kingdom and Continental Europe.

Kenneth H. FoxRegiment: RCAFJoined: 1943Other details: Served as a tailgunner

W.D. Larry WeberRegiment: P.E.R.I.Years of service:20 yearsOther details:Was sta-tioned with the UN in Cyprus and on the Golan Heights

William MuirRegiment: RCNURYears of service: 1943-45Other details: A.A. Gunner HMCS Chambly in the North Atlantic.


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Colin AndersonRegiment: Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)Other details: Served Canada,Vietnam plus cadet instructors list for a total of 38 years.

Verne AskewRCAF - WWII

Harold Frank John BidderRegiment: 54th Battalion, WWI , CEF, Motorman

Frank DesrosiersRegiment: Forestry Corps Armoured Tank DivisionYears of service: 1940-45Other details: Served North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Germany

Kelly FergusonC.F.B. Comox 442 Transport & Rescue SquadronYears of Service: Still activeOther Details: Has had four peacekeeping tours: Bosnia, Israel, Afghanistan and United Arab Emirates

Name: J. Roy GilmoreRegiment: Canadian ArmyYears of service: 4 yearsOther details: Forestry Corp. Truck Driver

The Hall BrothersStanford 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.

Glen Christianson1st & 2nd Canadian DivisionOther 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 wasdecorated by the Dutch gov-ernment.

Flight Lieutenant Henry StuartRCAF - Radar Op.Years of Service: 4Other Details: He served from 1941 - 1945

Stanley G. HendrenRegiment: ML 069 FairmileYears of service: 5 yearsOther details: Wireless Operator Signalman

LAC Robert J. DavidsonRegiment: RCAF - Medical BranchYears of Service: 1941-1945Other details: Served as medical aide in a military hospital in Edmonton, AB.

Pte. Charles Fred FergusonRegiment: Seaforth Highlanders InfantryYears of service: 1943-45Other details: Served in Canada, United Kingdom and the Central Mediterranean area

Ted FitzpatrickRegiment: R.C.A - L.A.AYears of service: 1942-1946

John Mervyn HurstRegiment: WestminsterYears of Service: 1939-45Other Details: Served in Africa, Italy and France throughout World War II.

William (Bill) McIvorRegiment: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry 8th ArmyYears of Service: 6Other Details: Served from 1939 - 1945, picture taken in Alpendoorn, Netherlands.

Chester C. KanesterRegiment:CDN Army InfantryYears of service: 3 yearsOther details: Wounded in Normandy Invasion

AB James Patrick KennedyRoyal Canadian Navy (Quarter Rate Gunner)Years of Service: 1952-57Other Details: HMCS Athabascan & HMCS Cayuga Korea, 1953 - 1954

Roy Alexander KochYears of Service: 3Other 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.

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Will assemble in the parking lot behind the Credit Union at 10:00amMarch off at 10:30 am

to Cenotaph where Service will be held, then march back to the

Credit Union parking lot.The lounge will be open after the parade to

military and parade officials.All members and military welcome.

Public welcome after 1:00 pm.

Remember all those that served.Sponsored by Branch #24.

Remembrance Day 2012

O Canada . . . . . . . . . Mount Baker Music Dept.

Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Address . . . . . . . . . . . Padre Ray GreenMemorial Charge . . Rob Martin

Past-PresidentLast Post . . . . . . . . . . Dave WardSilence Reveille . . . . Dave WardLament . . . . . . . . . . . Dan McKinnonPrayer . . . . . . . . . . . . Padre Ray GreenAct of Remembrance . . . . . Rob Martin

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Laying of WreathsGod Save the Queen

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In Memory of those who gave so much for our future.

Pt. John Franklin Parker ReidRegiment: 1st Canadian ParatrooperYears of service: 1942-46Other details: Overseas in France.

Name: John H. (Jack) DockingRegiment: Queens Own RiflesYears 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


Are hearing aids right for me?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 nega-tive 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 popula-tion 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 situationsThere 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 pre-vent 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 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.

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Wallace Leighton BidderWWI Regimental #2024824 Rank Spr.

Harry HahnServed as a military police-man in England. Husband to Beatrice Hahn of Golden and brother to Enid Holloway of Cranbrook.

Johson, EinarFlight Sergeant Regiment: RCAF #61 SquadronFrom Wardner, BC; died 23 August 1943 at age 26

Lock, OttoRegiment: 10th Field Squadron Engineers, Canadian Armed DivisionYears of Service: 1941-1946Served overseas in WWII

John W. WaddellRegiment: Royal Canadian NavyYears of Service: 14Other Details: Korea, 1951-52

Harry Brown, Robert Smith and William SmithHarry 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.

MacDonald, Kenneth R.Late of Creston (1918-1990)Years of Service: 1941-1946Canadian 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.

Nicholas V. BarronRegiment: Combat Engineers, ICER EdmontonYears of service: 5, still servingOther details: Served in Afghanistan 2007-2008 for 71/2 months

Sergeant Paddy Etmanski and his wife Muriel on their wedding dayStationed 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 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.

Irene TravisRegiment: British ArmyYears of service: 1941-Other details:

Pierre SylvesterRegiment: Canadian Forestry Corp.


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Sgt. Ralph Robert Beardsley Regiment: Sherbrooke Fusiliers, 27 Armoured Div.Years of Service: 1939-45Other Details: Awarded the MM (1899-1982)

Stan BednarczykCorporal in Polish Army during WWII. Fought at the side of Allied Forces in Italy. Immigrated to Canada in 1946, recently passed away in Cranbrook.

Zachary BirdstoneRegiment: Canadian Forestry Corp.

Name: Bill BryantRegiment: Years of service: Other details: WW II

Name: George "Ernie" BuchanRegiment: Southern Alberta RegimentYears of service: Other details: Reece Troup

Alexander (Sandy) ClarkRegiment: Canadian Corps, Canadian Expeditionary ForceYears of service: 3 yearsOther details: Served at the Battle of Passchendaele at Ypres, Belgium; is great grandfather to Dan and Julian Turner of Cranbrook

Olive Colvin (Ryckman)Regiment: Canadian Women’s Army CorpsYears of Service: 2Other Details: Served in Canada Ottawa Postal Service from 1943 - 1945. She resides in Kimberley.

Sid CraigRegiment: 1 SVC BN Tn Coy 184 tours of duty to the Balkan (2x), Israel and Afghanistan

Robert A. DickieRegiment: Gordon Highlanders & Veterans GuardYears of Service: 8Other Details: Served in WWI from 1914 - 1918 & WWII from 1941 - 1945

Henry (Harry) EdmundsWWI

C.G. Bud EllisMoyie, BCActive service WWII on Corvette in North AtlanticABL Seaman, AA3 Gunner

Jim FitzpatrickRegiment: 18th F.C. RCATYears of service: WWII

Jack HorieRegiment: Years of service: Other details:

Name: Owen Robert HaleyRegiment: Canadian Operating Railway CorpYears of service: 3 1/2 years

Russell LeamyWWIHe died in 1926 from chest wounds he received in France in 1916.

Name: Cpl Donald Bertrum WoodmanRegiment: South Alberta Regiment M508510Years of service: 1941-45

Cpl. Angus WodygaRoyal Canadian Air ForceYears of Service: 3Other Details: Wireless Operator from 1942 - 1945

Ernest James BidderRegiment: WWII - Seaforth Highlanders of Canada - Army .Served in Holland at time of Liberation, United Kingdom, Continental Europe1942-1946.

Jack FitzpatrickRegiment: B.C.D.Years of service: 1944-1945

Name: Elmer I. MooreRegiment: Years of service: 3 1/2 years

Frank H. EdmundsRegiment: Canadian ScottishYears of service: 5-1/2

William Robert MurleyRegiment: 125th RAF Newfoundland SquadronYears of Service: 1939-46Other Details: Served in Europe and U.K. Currently resides in Marysville.

Ernie Wayne PerryRegiment: 2 RCHA, PetawawaYears of Service: 12Cyprus Peacekeeping, Airborn


Jean-Paul ClementRegiment: de MaisonneuveYears of service: 4Other details: Killed in action August 6, 1944; France.

Clair (Jack) GallagherRegiment: Seaforth HighlandersYears of service: 1939-1945Other details: Came home the summer of 1945.

Name: Merle RowlandRegiment: RCMEYears of service: 1950-1977Other details: Korea

Name: Lieutenant Jeanie Hamilton Ruffle (McGowan)Regiment: WWII ArmyYears of service: 1941-46Other details: Trained-Vermillion AB; Stationed-London, England to May 1945; Brothers Charlie & Archie McGowan-Navy

Jack RyckmanRegiment: RCASCYears of service: 1941-1945Other details: Served in Canada, England, France, Holland, Belgium and Italy.

John RyckmanRoyal Canadian Army, WWI (CEF)Years of Service: 4Other Details: Served in Canada, England, and France and Belgium from 1914 - 1918.He resides in Creston

Paul Devlin SawchukRegiment: Royal Canadian NavyYears of service: 1942-45Other details: Torpedoman HMCS Waskesiu, served in the battle of the Atlantic, pro-tected convoys to U.K., Gibraltar, Sierra Leone and Murmansk, Russia, sank U257 on February 24, 1944

Jack M. ScottRegiment: British Columbia Dragoons (RCA) 9th Armoured Tank Regiment

George ShawWarrant Officer 2nd ClassBorn 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.

Bill Simmons Jr.RCAOverseas

William SinclairR.C.A.F.Years of Service: 4Other Details: Served from 1941 to 1945, received gold medal in Radio Proficiency in Montreal - posted to Calgary as Instructor at No. 2 Wireless.

Name: Roy A. SmithRegiment: Years of service: 16 yearsOther details: Lieut./Cpl. WW I, WW II

Cpl. Mike SmithRegiment: CFB Edmonton 1st Service BattalionYears of service: 16.5 yearsOther details: Served in Kosovo, Bosnia, & Afghanistan; Deploying to Afghanistan again in February 2008. Raised in Cranbrook; Son of Bob & Dorothy Smith

Stan SnowRegiment: Canadian Army RCHA; 1st Troop, 1st DivisionYears of service: 1941-45Other details: Signals—Frontline

John Stace-SmithRegiment: 1st CSR 16thYears of service: 1940-46Other details: Injured: dam-aged ears and shrapnel. Nickname: Stacey

Arthur Frank StahlYears of service: 1914-18Other details: Enlisted at age 40, served at Vimy Ridge and volunteered with the Engineer Corps.

William (Bill) StanleyRegiment: Saskatoon Ligh InfantryYears of Service: 3Other Details: Served 1942 - 1945 in North Africa & Italy. This picture was taken train-ing in Chilliwack 1942.

(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.

Herbert Gordon StanyerRegiment: Royal Canadian Engineers M106376Years of service: 1942-1945Other details: Dispatch Rider

Bill StefanukRegiment: RCNVRYears of service: 1943-45Other details: Allied Submarine Device Committee aboard HMCS Oshawa protecting convoys in North Atlantic.

Jack StevensRegiment: Private2nd Field Survey Co. R.C.E.

Willie StevensRegiment: Private R.C.E.

Name: Jason TaitRegiment: ICERYears of service: 5 years Other details: Bosnia, Khandahar, Afghanistan

Lee Martin TaylorRegiment: 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.

George ThompsonRoyal Canadian ArmyYears of Service: 2Other Details: Served in Canada from 1943 - 1945. He resides in Wardner.

Keith ThompsonRoyal Canadian Air ForceYears of Service: 4Other Details: Served in Canada, England, and Burma from 1941 - 1945.

Harold Travis Jr.Regiment: R.C.A.FYears of service: 1949-1972Other details: In the Reserves from 1973-1980.Argus Submarine Patrol - Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Rescue Squadrons 103; 111; 442

Jean & Wm. QuailJean (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.

W.G. (Bill) LancasterRegiment: R.C.N.V.R.Years of service: 1943-46Other details: Service on high seas, aero engineer mechanic

Name: George FrocklageRegiment: K45711Years of service: WWIIOther details: Heavy artilliary operator


Charles ClarricoatesRegiment: SeaForth HighlandersYears of Service: 1941-45Other Details: Wounded in action 3 times

Name: Warren (Rusty) FossRegiment: Royal Canadian Navy

Name: John L. ParkerRegiment: #4 Repeat Camp, C wing, WhitleyYears of service: 4 yearsOther details: Volunteered

Name: Bruce RowlandRegiment: 1st and 2nd PPCLI & ParaYears of service: 1957-1967

Name: John RowlandRegiment: Years of service: 1939-1967Other details: WW II

Name: Ernie RydeRegiment: Years of service: 1944 - 1945

Frank SamRegiment: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 2nd Division

Harry SawchukRegiment: 3rd Field Co., Royal Canadian Engineers, Canadian ArmyOther 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

Martin J. SchnellRegiment: Winnipeg RiflesYears of Service: 3 yrs, 8 mo.

W.S. Scott Sr. - left & W.S. Scott Jr. - rightRegiment: Sr. - 16th General Hospital, Jr. - 8th Army Field Years of Service: Sr. - 1 1/2 years, Jr. - 4 1/2 yearsOther Details: Sr. served 6 months in England, Jr. served in England, Italy & Northwest Europe.

Leslie W. Parsons, Jr.Served in the peacetime air force in Canada.

Mildred ParsonsW110901 CWAC 27th AAJune 14, 1943-Jan. 4, 1944Defence and Volunteer Medal

Mark SimmonsRCA

Name: Vincent John SmithRegiment: HMCSYears of service: 1944-1946

Harold SmithRegiment: UnknownYears of Service: 5Other Details: Served in Canada, England, Holland, Belgium, France and Italy from 1940 - 1945.

Frank (Hank) SopkoRegiment: Duke of Connaught’s Own RiflesYears of service: 1939-44Other details: Regimental Headquarters 28th Canadian Armoured Tank Regiment, BCR. Served in Canada, UK and Continental Europe as a tanker.

Name: Clifford A. St. EloiRegiment: P.P.C.L.I. C.T.T.C.Years of service: 1.5 yearsOther details: Was going to train for Japan but the bomb was dropped.

Name: Clifford D. St. EloiRegiment: Forest Corp & RailwayYears of service: 6 yearsOther details: Went Overseas twice, went in on Railway

Jack Stace-SmithRegiment: 3 C.O. CSR 16thYears of service: 1914-16Other details: Lost right leg above the knee in 1916, Battle of the Somme

Don K. StanleyYears of Service: 8Other Details: Served 1992 - 2000

H.H. (Mick) Proctor, C.G. Proctor, W.R. ProctorOther Details: Navy, Army, Air Force, Canadian Armed Forces, WW II

(From left) Kenneth, Frank, Charles, Clarence and Herbert StanyerAll 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.

Name: Ernie StewardRegiment: Royal Canadian NavyYears of service: 4 yearsOther details: HMCS Gatineau

Sgt. William (Bill) L. SwainEnlisted in 1902 at age 16 in the British Army dur-ing 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.

Kyle TaylorRegiment: 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.

John (Jack) F. VanVeRietRegiment: 4th Field Reg., 2nd division; gunner RCAYears of service: 1941-45Other 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.

John HillRegiment: BDR 77 BTY RCAYears of service: 1942-1945 Other details: Passed away in 1948 - 25 years old

Jack and Jean Morrison, Other Details: Royal Canadian Navy (RCNVR/WRCNS) 4&3 Years

Ben FrancisRegiment: Private in the Canadian Scottish, 3rd Division


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Marshall CameronCanadian ArmyYears of Service: 1942-45Other details: Cooked for the officers throughout his years of service.

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Percy G. DockingServed in the Boer War, WWI

Edmunds, Alex (l)Regiment: Irish FusiliersYears of service: 6Edmunds, Frank H. (r)Regiment: Canadian ScottishYears of service: 5-1/2

P.O.1 Ross FarquharsonRoyal Canadian NavyYears of Service: 1937-1945Other Details: Saw active wartime duty on many ships including the minesweeper HMCS Kenora on D-Day.

Thomas FitzpatrickRegiment: 18th F.C. Lincoln WellingtonYears of service: WWIIOther details: Killed in action on December 9, 1944

Pte. Felix J. Lanthier Regiment: Victoria RiflesYears of Service: 2Other Details: Peacekeeping duty Welland Canal, Ontario

Ernest Dimetro WiznowichRegiment: British Columbia Dragoons No. K3769Years of Service: 3, 2 yrs active dutyOther Details: Rank: Trooper, Gunner operator, “C” Squadron. Served in Canada, United Kingdom, Continental Europe

Name: Gordon A. WillisRegiment: RCAP W.O.G.Years of service: 3 years Other details:

Nelson and Fred Barnhardt Other Details: 28th Canadian Amoured, 5 & 4 years

Donald E. NesbittRegiment: Royal Canadian NavyYears of Service: 1943-46Other Details: Served in Corvette and aboard HMS Stellerton

David ParkinRegiment: Canadian ScottishYears of service: 1941-46Other details: Raised in Cranbrook

Mark ParkynYears of service: 1978-1981Other details: Trained in Lahr, Germany. United Nations peacekeeping opera-tion in Cyprus. Home base Shilo, MB. Airborne base Edmonton, AB.

Leslie W. ParsonsAn 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.

Name: L.A.C. Allen W. PatmoreRegiment: AirforceYears of service: 1 yearOther details: Airforce mechanic killed in action in 1942. Buried in Bury St. Edmonds, England

Peter Lucas (Lukasewich)Regiment: Loyal Edmonton Regiment (Princess Patricia Light Infantry)Years of service: 1941-47Other details: Volunteered for service, served on active duty in Sicily, Italy, Belgium and Holland

Lt. Col. David PhilpotRegiment: D.S.O., O.B.E. KootenayYears of service: 1913-43Other details: Twice deco-rated for valour on Vimy Ridge during WWI

Frank PigottRegiment: Canadian ScottishK6-2764From Wynndel, BC

Nelson J.A. PriceRegiment: RCAF CorporalYears of service: 1942-46Other details: Flight 2-C Squadron, No 3M Depot airframe mechanic; trained in Canada,and was in Normandy the day after the invasion

Name: Patrick NoftallRegiment: Royal Newfoundland RegimentYears of service: Other details: 1st Battalion

Roy G. HolmR.C.A.F.Years of Service: 5

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Name: Dick BoardmanRegiment: Years of service: Other details: WW II

Barbara (Nesbitt) FridellRegiment: RCAF-WD Clerk Ops. DivisionYears of service: 1944-45

Ken L. SmithRegiment: 1st Br. PPCLIYears of service: 1950-53Other details: Korea 1952-52. Royal Cdn. Engineers 1954-81: Canada, Germany Cyprus, peacekeeping.

Samuel Thomas AlexanderRegiment: 72nd Battalion CMRYears of Service: 1917-19Other Details: Wounded at Vimy Ridge in April, 1917. Met Delphine Letcher in France at a field hospital; married after the War.

Joe EugeneRegiment: Canadian Forestry Corp.

William (Bill) Nelson KaiserRegiment: Royal Canadian Air ForceYears of Service: 1941-46Other Details: Worked in the technical equipment division and was sta-tioned in Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

Name: Steve RomanickRegiment: Years of service: Other details: WW II

Cpl. Eugene F. KennedyRegiment: Ld. Sh (RC)Released from armed ser-vices in 2006. Now an RCMP member since 2007.Other Details: Served in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan in Peacekeeping missions.

Name: Robert Cecil CollinsonRegiment: 6890 Active Service South Sask.Years of service: 3Other details: Born in 1919

Name: Roger Joseph Comeau Regiment: Royal 22nd.Years of service: 1950-53Other details: Served in the Korean War

Name: Arvid DamstromRegiment: Ordinance DivisionOther: Stationed in Scotland.

Name: Edgar DamstromRegiment: 1st Canadian Parachute Division attached to the 6th British Airborne.

Name: Einar DamstromRegiment: Signal Corps.Other: Stationed in Jamaica.

Name: Arthur DamstromRegiment: Signal Corps.Other: Stationed in Holland.

Name: Rudy DamstromRegiment: Army Forestry Corps.Other: Stationed in ScotlandName:

Bud EllisRegiment: Active service on a Corvette as an Able Seaman.Other: Served in the North Atlantic as a gunner.

Name: Cory E. GreenRegiment: Princess Patricia Light Infantry.Years of service: Currently serving 2nd tour in Afghanistan.

Name: Hilda MuirWorld War I. 1916-1918 British Army Women's Division.

Name: William MuirWorld War II. HMCS-RCNUR 1943-1945. Able Bodied Seaman A.A. gunner aboard HMCS Chambly in the North Atlantic.

Harry ParsonsFK3047LERApril 16, 1943-Jan. 19, 1953Vancouver SH

Bruce FergRegiment: 2nd Canadian RCAYears of service: 1941-46Other details: Served in Italy.

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Name: Robert HutchisonRegiment: Canadian Scottish.Years of service: 1944 to 1946.

Name: John G. LanginRegiment: RCAFYears of service: 1940-45.

Name: Jack MurdochRegiment: Princess Patricia Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion.Other: Served in Korea.

Name: Angus MorrisonYears of service: 1939 to 1945Other: Served in France, and Germany. Medals shown above were awarded for his action in Normandy.

Name: Nigel ColleyRegiment: MARPAC HQ, CFB Esquimalt.Other details: Served two tours in Afghanistan. (2003-04, 05-06)

Travis BrothersLeft to Right: Joe Jr, Albert, Herbert,Sitting: SteveRegiment: All four served in the 59th Battalion All four brothers saw action in WWI at Passchendale and Ypres

Name: George Edward O'Neil Regiment: Loyal EdmontonYears 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.

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Borthwick, G. Stanford (l) Regiment: RCE CorpsYears of service: 1940-45Borthwick, Ralph (r) Air Force. He was at D-Day.

Freebon Kenneth Hayward3rd Royal Canadian EngineersYears of Service: Full length of World War IIFrance/Germanyd. 1987

Don McKillopRegiment: PPCLIYears of service: Korean WarOther details: Resides in Kimberley, BC.

Master Corporal Bill BrulotteRegiment: 441 SquadronOther details: Kept track of CF-104 Starfighter aircraft.

Frank Leslie BollansRegiment: Canadian Anti-Tank regimentYears of service:1943-46Other details:Served in Canada, United Kingdom and Continental Europe

Henry William O'BryanRegiment: 1st Canadian DivisionYears of service: 1917-18Other details: From Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Name: Lorne RobbinsRegiment: Navy RCNVRYears of service: 1943-45Other details: Served on an aircraft carrier

Margaret E. NeilyRegiment: Canadian Army Medical CorpsYears of service: 1942-46Other details: Born in Bull River. Served in England, Italy and North Africa.

Tim (Mac) McEachenRegiment: Regina Rifles 3 PPCLI and Second Airborne Commandos Special ForcesYears of service: 1975-85Other details: If asked where he fought, he'd say "In every bar from Labrador to Australia."

George CopeRegiment: RCAFYears of service: WW2Other details: Now resides in Cardston, Alberta.


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Name: Frank Lorenzo RomanoRegiment: RCEYears of service: Jan. 1942 to Aug. 1945

Name: Harold Smith Regiment: South AlbertaYears of service: 5 years, 3 months.

Name: Mark E. TopliffRegiment: Explosive Ordinance DivisionYears of service: 4 tours in Afghanistan.

Name: Jason PanchukYears of service: 1996 to present.Other: Helped with G8 Security Summit, Bosnia, Afghanistan and switched to field artillery in 2007.

Name: Merrill LathemRegiment: West Nova ScotiaYears of service: 2Other details: Served in Italy. Wounded Dec. 1944

Name: Frank P. MorroRegiment: RCAFOther: Killed in 1943. Shot down by German plane near Kleikenkneten Germany.

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 Expedition-ary Advisory Squad-ron). 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 (Lieu-tenant Colonel) and his three Company Com-manders who provide support to a current student body of ap-proximately 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

Air Force before they are posted out to opera-tional units around the country.

Cheers Major Art BrownRCAF OIC Student

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Camp KAIA-N, Ka-bul Afghanistan.

Allan R. JohnsonRegiment: RCAF / CAFYears of service: 1958-82Other details: Royal guard of honour for Princess Margaret and Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Charles Edward Langridge (Ted)Regiment: TPR 1st Division B.C. DragoonsYears of service:1941-46Other details: Canadian Volunteer Service Medal & clasp, Defense Medal, Star Italy, Star France, Star Germany, 1939-45 Star.

Charles W. SimsRegiment: South Alberta RegimentYears of service:4 yearsOther details:Saw service in Holland and England.

Donald A. ElliottRegiment: Military PoliceYears of service:1940-46

Frank and Helen FisherRegiment: Air Force (Air Transport Pilot Command and Women's Division RCAFYears of service:1942-45Other details:Frank deliv-ered lend-lease planes to Europe and Africa and Helen was stationed in Paulson & Ottawa

Delphise LapointeRegiment: 21st Canadian BattalionYears of service: Fought in WW1Other details: Died of wounds received at the Battle of Somme, France in September of 1917.Younger brother of Creston Pioneer Charlie Lapointe.

Dominic MalettaRegiment: With the HMCS CayugaYears of service: 1950-51Other details: Dominic Maletta served in Korea.

Donald Alfred DoucetteRegiment: 425 SquadronYears of service: 1943-45Other details: Donald Alfred Doucette was an RCAF Air Gunner

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We are Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in our own way, free to stand for what we think right, free to oppose what we believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern our country. For these freedoms we thank those who have served and those still serving.

we believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern our country. For these freedoms we thank those who have served and those still serving.

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for what we think right, free to oppose what free to worship in our own way, free to stand for what we think right, free to oppose what

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