2011 Convention – Penticton, BC - Legion

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Reeve, Ernest Owen
Owen was born in Squamish, BC on November 23, 1915. He joined the Army
in the summer of 1941 and trained in Vernon, BC and later in Kingston, ON.
Owen was assigned to the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals as part of the 1 st
Canadian Infantry Division of the Canadian Army. His responsibility was to
provide land communication and signalling. Owen was sent to the
Mediterranean as part of the Operation Husky invasion of Sicily and about six
weeks later took part in the assault upon Italy. He arrived in Rome on D-Day
(June 6, 1944). Owen then went to Marseilles and through France to meet up
with the rest of the Allied Western Front. His division joined in the assault
through Belgium, Holland, and Germany and he was discharged early in the
winter of 1946. Owen has been a member of Diamond Head Legion Branch
#277 in Squamish for over fifty years of service.
BRITISH COLUMBIA / YUKON COMMAND
Redekop, Frank James
Frank was born in Burnaby, BC on November 9, 1965. He enlisted in the
Canadian Forces in 1983 in Vancouver and after basic training in CFB
Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, was posted to CFB Petawawa for further training
as a member of the 8 th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise’s). He was
rotated to CFB Lahr with his regiment in 1987 and retired in 1989 because
of knee problems. Frank was awarded the Special Service Medal–NATO.
He has been a member of Legion Branch #006 for twenty-three years and is
currently Branch Vice President.
Reid, Walter George
Walter was born in Whakatane, New Zealand in 1939. He came to Canada
in 1959 and joined the Army in January 1960. He served two hitches in the
Signal Corps, stationed at the Canadian Joint Air Training Centre (CJATC)
Rivers, Manitoba with Air Support Signal Troop and overseas on a UN
Peacekeeping tour in the Congo. Walter lives in Errington, BC, where he is
an Alpaca hobby farmer. He has been a member of Arrowsmith Legion
Branch #49 in Parksville, BC for three years.
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