Departure from Carman MB
Rail Road workers passing by
easy drive - 173 km
from Carman MB
to Neepawa MB
Performance at the
Neepawa & Area Lily Festival
Town of Neepawa
Facts by Robert Ferguson
Bob Kingdon – Queens
own Cameron Highlanders.
Unit in Neterden-Veldhuten-Hoogeveen-Assen-Groningen-Tenboer
(4 days rest).
In Tenboer- Germans had more then 50 Dutch Kids in the wind mill.
They were released when Germans surrendered.
Assen – Dutch kids inoculated by Germans.
They were covered in sores when Canadians arrived.
Trooper Germund Anderson – Lake Superior Regiment. Oudecappelle,
Dixmude, Jabebeke, Breskens, Bergen-op-zoom,Wouwsche Plantage,
Moerstraten, Heerlen, Zilver hoekje, Zijpe, Hertogenbosch, Heesch,
Grave, Groesbeek.
Trooper Archie Doan –12 Manitoba Dragoons-Rest.H.Q. Rosendaal,
Zijpe, Breda, Den Bosch, Nijmegen, Hamel, Almelo, Hoogeveen,
Groningen, Oldenzaal regt.billet
Trooper Jack Waters – 4th Armoured Brigade – H.Q. Company.
Maas River, Breda, Nijmegen, Tilburg, Moerstraten, Steenbergen,
Hertogenbosh, Kerkdriel, Hedel, Hoenzadriel, Ammersoien
L/Cpl Fred Haywood – Anti Aircraft gunner, Provest Corps. Tilburg,
‘sHertogenbosh,
Pte – Robert Creigan – Armoured – Lake Superior R’s. ‘sHertogenbosh, Nijmegen
a warm welcome by
Eleanor Nicholson
and Mr. Hector Swanson
finance Chairman
Neepawa & Area Lily Festival
at the Neepawa Motel
In line for a meal
His Worship Mr. Bob Durston
Mayor of the town of Neepawa
Mr. Edward Kelm - WWII Veteran
Royal Canadian Air Force
Motor Mechanic
Stationed in Stonehead England
Liberator of the Netherlands
Mr. Kelm is a violinist
and used to be a member of a Grand Orchestra
War Map
3rd Canadian Infantry Division
presented by Mr. Bob Kingdon
Dog Tag H18411
Private Bob Kingdon - WWII Veteran
2nd division - Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
ended up in Groningen, Holland
Liberator of the Netherlands
Private Bob Kingdon and his wife Annemarie
Mr. Bob Lumsden - WWII Veteran
gunner - anti-aircraft gunner
70th light anti-aircraft battery
8th regiment
Based in England garding the head quarters
air defence - 4th armoured division
Ms. Dorethy Brown
would like to pay tribute to her Husband:
Private Donald Brown - WWII Veteran
(died in 1999)
Royal Winnipeg Rifles / D-Division
he went in on D-Day
Liberator of the Netherlands
His Worship Mr. Bob Durston
Mayor of the town of Neepawa, MB
receiving a tulip friendship garden
in honor of the WWII Veterans
left to right
Mr. Earle Carroll
Private Sam Chemerika
Private Sam Chemerika - WWII Veteran
He started with the 46th Artillery Division
in Canada and ended up in Groningen, Holland
with the 56th Infantry Batalion
Liberator of the Netherlands
Mr. Earle Carroll - WWII Vetean
Merchant Navy
Vancouver - Panama Canal
Brazil - accross to Africa
Private Steve Baraniuk - WWII Veteran
Royal Canadian Infantry
Garding German Prisoners of War
in Naze Ontario
Mr. James H. Lobban - WWII Veteran
Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Frame Mechanic
Based in Trenton Ontario to work on the aircrafts
Member of the royal Canadian legion
Branch 110, Gladstone
Mr. Howard Alguire - WWII Veteran
Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve
Sailing the North Atlantic
Escorting the supply convoys and
Hunting the submarines
Mr. Homer Gill - WWII Veteran
Air Crew Trainer - East Canada
Training air-gunners for the war against the Japanese.
Celebrating his 60th year as a member of
the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 23 Neepawa
(and his wife, Wilma)
Private Germund Anderson - WWII Veteran
wearing the red Baret of the Lake Superior Regiment
4th Armoured Division
spent 8 months at the front lines
Liberator of the Netherlands
and his wife, Shirley Anderson - WWII Veteran
Staff Sergeant with the Canadian Women Army Corps
(Ottawa)
Mr. Campbell Wood - WWII Veteran
flying officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force
434 Blue Nose Squadron
and his friend Gladys
Private (Bill) R.W. Jones
4th PLDG's - Princess Louise Dragoon Guard's
D-Day dodger - landed in Sicily in 1943
armoured reconnaisance
was taken prisoner in Italy in 1944 and went to Stalag 7A
Munchen, Germany.
Mr. Jones and his wife Rose are celebrating their 58th
wedding anniversary
Trooper Archie Doan - WWII Veteran
with the 12th Manitoba Dragoons
Liberator of the Netherlands
Trooper Archie Doan
Mr. Ken Waddell
former Mayor of Neepawa
president of the Neepawa & Area Lily Festival
Private Allan McKee
Armoured Service Corps
troops
Truckers / supplies
England - Sicily - Marseille - Holland
Liberator of the Netherlands
and his wife Evelyn
The Audience
Neil Coligan
Radio host with Cool FM 99.1
in Winnipeg, Manitoba
and Susan Ekdahl
Thank you for taking care of us
660 km
Departure at 03.00 hrs
Impressions
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
direction Saskatoon
13.00 hrs
Driving into Rosthern SK
Arrival at the Station Arts Centre
Rosthern SK
His Worship Mr. Doug Knoll
Mayor of Rosthern SK
Receiving a Tulip Friendship Garden
in honor of the WWII Veterans
Canadian Women Army Corps
Clerck/ Steno - Military Hospital - Regina (3,5 years)
Member of the Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 115, Rosthern MB
Mr. Les Neufeld
President of the Royal Canadian Legion
Rosthern - Branch 115
(and his wife Trish)
Thank you for your support
Mr. Neufeld told us that WWII Veteran Mike Prima
could not attend today due to his Illness
We pay tribute to you Mr. Prima
Canadian Medical Corps
Looking after the injured
Stationed south of London
(and his wife Anne)
Dick D.
Sawatsky, D.R. – Dispatch Rider.
21st Army
In November 1944 I was stationed at the airport in Antwerp,
Belgium where one of the fieriest battles of World War ll took place
for the capture of the shipping harbour and airport from the Germans.
We were bombarded nonstop by V1’s & V2’s. Many of our boys
were killed, including my three buddies who I had trained with.
One night we heard a doodle-bug coming directly at us.
If the motor kept running we knew it would keep going,
but this one shut off and dropped. I hit the dirt and swear I
was flatter than the four inches sidewalk I lay behind.
The concussion caused me total deafness for two days and left
me hearing-impaired. All through the Scheldt fighting was fierce.
I was with the 21st Army, B. Montgomery was in command.
Would I do it all over again? “You bet in a heart beat!”
The Dutch and Canadian will always be there for one another,
we are bonded for life.
Liberator of the Netherlands
and his wife Louise
Member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Rosthern SK
Trent and Pat Cooley
Pat would like to pay tribute to her father:
Sergeant Hegan - (retired Lieutenant Colonel)
53rd Field Artillery Regiment - RCA
Liberator of the Netherlands
Thank you Pat for being a wonderful host
also thank you to Pat Greve and Kathy Thiessen
(Station Arts Centre)
the Audience
Great food at the Station Arts Centre
Michael
Manager of the Parkland Motel
Rosthern SK
Thank you BQ-ing giant steaks
and feeding the hungry musicians
Michael, Aaron, Jeremy and Kim
Rosthern SK to Swift Current SK
660 km
