Miltom Clark
Milton enlisted at the age of 17 years. He was .
f one of at least a dozen Nisga'a veterans: ‘who
volunteered to serve:

f Milton received five medals for his service - France. a
of Germany Stars, War Medal (1939-45), Canadian’
t Volunteer Service and a Clasp of General Service.
| After an honourable discharge, Milton became
a retired church warden, commercial fisherman
and proud husband, father, grandfather and great
q grandfather in Greenville where he passed away
in September 2005. Honourded and remebered

¥ Sydney (Syd)
; Robert Munson

; Private Syd Munson joined =: the
| Edmonton ,Wing #13 in 1942. He
served in the United Kingdon, Central
| Mediterranean Area and Continental
: Europe. Syd received the 1939-45 Star,
} italy Star, France Germany Star and the
+ Canadian Volunteer Service Medal &
| Clasp. He spent’ 1.5 years in Italy and
| the rest of the time in Europe with the

‘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 °

“Canal du Nord to Cambrai, and finally at~

Graham Veysey joined

Transportation, and was always close.

' that he was called for standby during.

’ fooked back to see his ship split in half by a

. Toronto, before being moved to Calgary.

@ 11th Field Army Service Core Platoon.

William Rudd

Regimental # 436621.

He served with the Canadian Expeditionary
Force as a member of the 49 Battalion
.“Edmonton Regiment,” 7, .. Canadian
Infantry Brigade, 3 Division in France and
Flanders from 1915-1918. He fought in the.
battles of Sanctuary Wood, Mount Sorrel,

Passchendaele, Battle of the Somme, Vimy
Ridge, Battle of. Amiens, Battle of Arras,

Mons, Belgium: The 49 had a casualty rate
_ of 81% including wounded and dead.

.Ccmde. Fred Annett

F Cmde Fred Annett joined the Canadian
PArmy in. 1941 in Edmonton, serving
Funtil 1946. Fred was a Rifleman
fand saw action in France, ‘Belgium,

the: Royal. Winnipeg. Rifles he saw
Faction for some seven months, and in
‘his own words, he was, never ‘wounded
although he had some near misses. :

Ne Branch Poppy Campaigns, and at

; General Meetings

Ccmde. Graham
Veysey

the British
Army in 1943 serving until 1947, asa

‘Sergeant.in. the Army, Graham served

in France,. Germany and Italy.
‘He ‘served: ‘in all /phases.- of

to. the front lines. Still classed as a
reserve after discharge it was in 1957

the Suez crisis.

. Cmde. James
PheChbair 2k i eee eee”

light’ Sergeant James LeCleir spent

tin Kirmington England.’

‘Jim flew as a Gunner in Lancasters,
Jim, untike a lot. of young Canadians.
flew many trips into Europe safely.

pHis crew and himself where lucky.
All the crews at Kirmington were just
young kids, many never where, to
return. ’

Cmde. John Higgins
Cmde John Higgins joined the Navy in
1941 serving until 1945.

He served in the Aleutian Islands’
on HMCS Prince David, in the North
Atlantic on the HMCS Digby.

Leading Seaman John was also on the
HMCS Bayfield during the invasion of
Normandy on “D” Day, and went on
to be involved in the liberation of the
Channet Isles

| Cmde John Pousette joined the Canadian
fF Army in .1942 in Toronto Ontario. Enlisting
~ with the 48th Highlanders, John did his basic
i training in Peterborough Ont. John completed
| Signals training and, Radar Technical training
tin Kingston,Ont.After serving in Nova Scotia,
| Montreal, and the Maritimes, he was moved
f to Ottawa to the Technical Research Branch
we of the R.E.M.E. On six occasiony’ he had -

} embarkation leave, but on returning was
| given another Canadian assignment. On
. discharge John held the rank of Sergeant

Cmde. John

Whittington

‘Cmde John Whittington, joined the British Army
in 1939 and was with the 43rd Reconnaissance ;
Regiment until discharged in 1946. ;

As a wireless Operator and Morse Code expert.
John was always near the action, controlling
raids by keeping the forward and rear parties
linked together.

Cmde John was on the “D” Day landings, ‘and
while going overboard and swimming to shore

direct -hit.

Cmde. Edward
McFadden

Cmde Edward McFadden joined the
Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941,
with the Rank LAC Ted traveled across
Canada, being. stationed at many
Airfield’s doing Maintenance.

; Edward left the Air Force in 1946

Cmde. Olwen Bilison

Cmde Olwen Billson, born Olwen Griffiths
in Wales in 1920 joined the Royal
Canadian Air Force in 1943.

Olwen joined up in Ottawa, and completed i.
her Motor Transport Driver Training in §

Shortly after arriving in Calgary she was to
be shipped to England, Until her discharge
in 1945 Cmde Olwen was stationed in the
Newn East at a place called Linton - on
- Ouse

f Holland, and Germany... serving. with |

Cmde Fred is a ever.present on the —

‘three years with the 166th squadron ,

)

‘involved a

' driving Officers vehicles.

' action in Italy on Dec. 2, 1944 at age 27.

f proudly by his loving family. :

Set. Major Harry
John Attree
Born Aug. 6, 1917. He fought in wwil.
Enlisted with the 102nd ‘Battery at Prince’
Rupert Sept. 24, 1939. He was killed in’

.Buried at Ravenna War ‘Cemetery: in Italy.
He was in Unit: Lanark & Renfrew Scottish.
‘Regiment, R.C.1.C. Harry and his. family
moved to Terrace in: the: early. 20's. Harry
. grew up in Terrace. A mountain near Lakelse
Lake named Attree Mountain, (renamed
“Mount Sttree Cctober 1951) by E.T. Kenney’
- then Minister of Lands - on Aug. 13, 1945.

.Ccmdde. Gordon
Sampson.

‘Cmde Gordon Sampson now ‘Eighty Two
years old: was for some Two and. Half
years a Private in the Canadian Army... -

Gordon "served in Canada, England,
France, Holland and Belgium with the
the Regina Rifles he went in on “D” Day

until being wounded in October 1944
,oin Holland, he was invalided back:to
© England and then home to Canada

Cmde. Harold Wyatt
Cmde. Harold — Wyatt, the
Canadian Navy in 1944.

‘Serving in the North Atlantic,

Harold’. served’ on a- frigate as an
escort ship for those fleets making the.
dangerous trip to Europe.

Prior to joining the Canadian ‘Navy
Harold was stationed in Prince Rupert
assisting the Army Transport, and the ‘
American Navy.

joined —

Ccmde. Joan.
McFadden :

Joan McFadden joined —
in England

the
in 1943, 214218. LA.C.W.
McFadden served until 1945.

During that time Cmde Joan became a
Wireless operator, and a Morse slip reader.

W.A.A.F.

While finishing her Morse slip course in
London her Billet was hit by a flying bomb.

During her time in the W.A.A.F Joan spent
time in Mainstone, Kent, and. Bletchley Park

Cmde. John Goriak

Cmde John Goriak joined the Princes
Patricia Canadian Light Infantry in
1952. ,
John served in the 3rd Platoon “A”
Company in Canada, Korea and Japan
from October 1952 to November 1953.
Jonn was on last patrol with his company
prior to cease fire on July 27th, 1953 at
10:00 p.m.

John completed his service with the first
P.P.C.L.I: Paracgute Battalion in 1955.

1 Cmde. John Shaw

# Cmde John Shaw now 85 years old
& served in the Royal Canadian Air Force
t from August 9th 1940 until | July 3rd
| 1945. ;

+ Sergeant “John Shaw spent time at
various Air fields across Canada,
fF and spent many hours searching the
B. Atlantic Ocean for stranded seamen.

Cmd.teslie Bryant
LAC Leslie Bryant signed up in the Royal
Canadian Air Force at Kapuskasing:
Ontario. in August of 1943.

Following Basic training in Edmonton,
Les was moved to British Columbia
and stationed at Boundary Bay in
February of 1944. This followed with:
moves to Massett, Terrace, Tofino and
Watson Lake, were he assisted in the
station closures, Leslie’s main duties’
lot of driving of different

vehicles. |

Cmde. Norman Read

Cmde Norman Read’ joined the Canadian
Army in 1939. becoming the. fifteenth
member of the 10th Field Ambulance Coy.

e shipped to England Norman was to spend
time at Aldershot. he was in a field hospital
tending to the injured from the: Dieppe
Raid. After landing in Sicily he moved:
North to Naples were he assisted in setting
up a base Hospital. While searching for a

Diphtheria carrier, it was discovered he was
the carrier, he spent Five months in hospital.
before being shipped back to Canada. :

Ccmde. Renee Cox
Cmde Renee Cox: now 82 years of age served
in the British Army from 1942 until 1945..

She spent a year in South Eastern
Command Headquarters in England driving.
Ambulances, coal trucks, mail trucks, and

Lance Corporal Renee spent two years. in §
North Wales teaching driving and vehicte
maintenance, and was about to be made a
Sergeant when hostilities ended, she choose
to return to civilian life.

Regina Rifles “B” Company. While with

‘as reinforcement, and was with them.

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