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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

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, 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

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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,

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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 | .

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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. °

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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

Grundmanm = -- sess 4 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.

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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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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