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Cmde. Donald Cooper
Private Donald Cooper ‘joined the.
Canadian Army Sth Brigade in 1942,
Don was in the Army from 1942 to
1946, serving in Canada, Britain,

n“D” Company 16th Platoon

(nd Division) of The
‘Highlanders.

Cmde Don a long time member ‘of the
Terrace Branch of the Royal Canadian
Legion, is also. a Life member. a

_ Calgary,

, Cmde. Corbin King

-FCmde Corbin: King, joined, the Rocky
-Mountain Rangers in January of 1941.
| Following the attack on Pearl Harbor
iby the Japanese Corbin enlisted in
Fthe .Navy, however due to a physical

(problem Corbin was. discharge for
’ , medicat reasons »

Corbin joined: the’* Prince ‘Rupert
F Reserve Armies, and, was stationed in

q yea rs.

cmde. Witliam A. Ross [

Cmde William Ross, now 80 years old
and a resident of . ;

Stewart, B.C, joined the Royal Air Force
in 1940. He served until discharge in
November of 1946.

Serving as a Fitter on engines and
airframes, Cmde. Bill spent time in
‘Scottand and Engiand. He also spent
- Three years in Swift Current Sask, with
the Secondary Flying Training School. .

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; Ccmde. Rev.
|} Stephens

FCmde Lance Stephens served
fF Royal | Canadian Volunteer Reserve
‘from 1944 to 1945, Signalman Lance
served in Canada and England, serving
on the. H.M.C.S. TEME, a River Ciass

Anti-Submarine vessel,

Lance

the Irish Sea and the English Channel, as

Branch. .13 fora number of years.

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Cmde. Otto r
Lindstrom? ee

Cmde Otto Lindstrom, an 89 year old
Veteran, served in the Canadian Army -
from 1937 until 1945,

Otto spent time in Prince Rupert and -
Engtand.as an Instructor before joining
the Armies First Division for landing in
Sicily Italy, it was then on to Holland.
driving forward as a observation for
the Artillery

:. Cimde. Rowly Purmal .

: Cmde Rowly Purmal was a member of the

Canadian. Black Watch, signing on in April

m 1942, was discharged -
: February of 1946.

 F Rowly spent time. in Vernon, on . Vancouver
= Island and Windsor Nova Scotia before

; heading to England, he spent time in
} Aldershot, Farnborough and Folkstone.

On “D” Day he landed in’ Caen, France,
m@. then on. to Capria Airport. Injured Rowly.
k was hospitalized in a British Field Hospital,

* then transported to England .

cmae. Randolph
Churchill Haigh

Cmde Randolph Churchill Haigh, Born in B.C, did
to drive all wheeled or tracked vehicles of the

time in Scotland, and Aldershot England. Was
sent to Normandy in July of 1944 as a proud
North Nova Scotia Highlander. On his 21st

his 18 month old son for the first time.
Randy never once thought that he would never
make it back home. :

_Cmde. Sandy Sandhals

‘EB Cmde Sandy Sandhals served in the
m= Canadian Army from 1943 to 1945.
}A Private with the North Nova Scotia
. Highlanders, however Sandy first went
| overseas with a Reserve unit of The
Calgary Highlanders.

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andy served in England, ,\France and
Germany, it was while in France that.

months as a POW.

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“the R.A.F 214, Squadron at, Oultam,

; Prince Rupert, for the’ rest of the War —

in the ‘

a aBritish: Ship.
manned by a:Canadian crew, serving in

an Escort Vessel and. Submarine hunter.
Reverend Lance has. been the Padre for

in Vancouver in .

' training in Vermillion Alberta, then went to

was discharged in October 1945

andy was captured and spent Nine | .

ao Writen by: .
- Edna’ McConachy..
, who lost her father in
WWI in France.

Cmde. Denis w.

Denis W. Horwill ‘now 80 years old,
joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in ‘
1943 serving until 1945. ;

Denis” served throughout Europe as
J43414 Flying Officer, serving with.

England.

. Ccmde. William (BID |
| McRae

q age of 18, after training in ‘Camps in Alberta.and

+ the Canadian Scottish Battalion, Third Div of the
| Seventh Brigade. *y |

. England, France, Belgium, Holland’ and.Germany.

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Cmde. Thomas Wilson:

Cmde Wilson served in the Canadian
_ Army from 1950 until 1955. ,

During this time “Cmde Wilson as a
Sergeant served in ‘Korea’ and with
the occupation forces in Germany..
After leaving the 2nd Battalion of the
Princes Patricia Light Infantry Cmde
Wilson spent from 1963 to i969 in
the Canadian Army Reserve Forces,
“Royal Westminster Regiment. °

. Ccmde.. Robert — oe

; Robert L.

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: roaming the Seven Seas. oe
| Most of: Bob’ Ss time during the War was

and Destroyers, it was while he. was
; on a Destroyer that Bob witnessed the
sinking of the Carrier HMS Ark Royal..

Cmde. Otto Walter

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Otto Walter Grundmann,. was... born .in:
Humboldt, Sask; in 1920. Otto joined the
Canadian Army in November 1941, . -
L8910 _ Private Grundmann served in
Canada, Britain, France, Belgium, Holland
and Germany. He completed his service in
March of 1946. He was with the 3rd Division,
Advance. Mobile workshop; 7th Canadian
Infantry Brigade. ;
Otto is well Known in-Terrace and in the §
Branch, for. his. great warm smile, and his
beautiful roses. ;

_.Cmde. Robert
Marchall Cooper

Robert Marshall .
Canadian Army in 1942.

K88356 Corporal Cooper spent

mm time in Canada before shipping out
Eto England. Bob. was ‘with the Royal

at the Canadian,Military Headquarters
! in London, England.

. Cmde Cooper was President of Branch
: 13.Terrace in 1948 ok

Ccmde. Winifred °
Coburn *

Winifred Coburn enrolled in the Canadian
Women’s Corp in Regina, Sask. in October
of 1942.

W12768 Winifred Coburn did her basic

#30 Company Ordinance depot R. Cc. O. Cin
Nanaimo. ; ,
Was transferred to Vancouver #11 Coy
R.C.E.M.E in January 1945, kept records of .§
contents in incoming and outgoing Mail.
‘was in Vancouver when the War ended, and &

.Cmde. Robert
Reynolds

tCmde Robert “Reynolds. joined the
| Royal Canadian Air Force during the..
Korean Conflict, Robert was stationed
fF at Sea Island, Comox and
; Quebec. :

FA severe back. injury. kept him from
| being sent overseas to the Korean
mee War.

4 that injury. in. 1 1954..

 Cmde Bill enlisted in the Canadian Infantry at the -

q Nova Scotia Bill was shipped overseas. Posted to .

it went, ashore at Juno Beach in the i invasion of
! France’on June 6 1944.:Cmde Bill spent time in ||

spent,on Submarines, however he did ~
serve some time on Air Craft Carriers

Cooper, joined the :

Canadian Service. Corp, #2 Canadian...
Administration Transport Co, stationed.

thervil Jin

Robert: was discharged - due to. ‘

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. Bill was made a freeman of Terrace in 1989. Is.
k a ever present°on our Poppy Campaigns, and:

Bennett joined the ‘Royal: _
Navy, and spent from 1939 until 1946 .

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Ccmde. Captain Doug Campbell
Captain Doug Campbell served in the Canadian Army-Primary
Reserve from 1988-2003. Beginning with a short time’ with

Hamilton Light Infantry, spent from .1990. until
retiring in 2003 with the Field Regiment RCA as ‘Chaplain.

As Chaplain, Doug spent time at CFB Petawawa, and was.
_ deployed to Bosnia as-‘The Canadian contingent Chaplain.

‘Doug also spent time as Reserve Training Officer re Canadian
Forces Chaplaincy, and Military Career Counselor :

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Email: robin. austin. mla@leg. be.ca

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England.

f Kent England.

Cmde Margaret Leamy joined the. British Army. in 1944,

line operator . in Guilford

: Private Leamy served with the W.A.T.S ‘completing a - Signals
f. course in Edinburgh. and served until 1946 first at the War.
f Office in’ London and then until discharge at Dover Pier in