2011 Convention – Penticton, BC - Legion

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Hill, Milton Lynn
Milton was born in Quesnel, BC in 1924. After graduating from the local
high school, he attended Vancouver College and took a business course at
Sprott-Shaw Business School in Vancouver. He enlisted in the Royal
Canadian Air Force in October 1941 and trained in Vancouver as a Wireless
Air Gunner. He was sent to Scotland with the rank of Sergeant to fly
Sunderlands out of Inverness, Scotland with the Royal Air Force Coastal
Command. Milton was killed in action when his damaged plane crashed on
November 26, 1944. He is buried in Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery in
Yorkshire, England, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial site
for the dead in WWI and WWII.
BRITISH COLUMBIA / YUKON COMMAND
Hess, Fred
Fred enlisted in the Navy on March 1, 1943 at HMCS Naden. He served as
an able-bodied seaman, operating radar on HMCS Fennel on North Atlantic
convoy duties. He was discharged on November 21, 1945. Fred is a member
of Legion Branch #24 in Cranbrook, BC.
Himes, Kenneth Albert (Ken)
Ken was born in Fort William, Ontario in 1932. He served with the Royal
Canadian Regiment in Korea between 1950 and 1954. He was awarded the
Korea Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service medal for Korea, and the
United Nations Service Medal (Korea). Ken has been a member of Prince
Edward Legion Branch #91 in Langford for seventeen years.
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