Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 47 CREELMAN, Donald Logan WWII Donald, son of Samuel James and Gladys (Logan) Creelman of Eastville, was born in 1917, and served with the Royal Canadian Signal Corps. He was married overseas in 1943 to Anna Nicholavina Drozdoff (called Nita), who was a Corporal in the Royal Air Force. After the war, they lived in Dartmouth and Donald worked for the Department of National Defence as a carpenter at Canadian Forces Base Halifax. He passed away in 1982. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. CREELMAN, Hedley Gordon WWII Gordon was born in Otter Brook in 1923, son of Hedley and Jessie (Johnson) Creelman and joined the RCAF in 1943 and was later transferred to the postal services serving in Manitoba and Yarmouth. He married Joan Reid of Bible Hill and operated a grocery store there for many years. He was elected to the Colchester County Municipal Council and served as clerk of the municipality for a time. He passed away in 2007. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. CREELMAN, Jamie Cox WWII Jamie, son of William and Lottie (Cox) Creelman of South Branch, was born in 1910 and enlisted in the North Nova Scotia Highlanders in 1943. After training at several points in Nova Scotia, he was sent overseas and saw duty in England and Continental Europe. He was wounded by shrapnel in Germany in 1945. He married Lois Joudrey and lived in Milford Station, Hants County, where he worked as a mechanic. Jamie passed away in 1989. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. CREELMAN, Howard Thompson WWII Howard, son of William and Lottie (Cox) Creelman of South Branch, was born in 1920 and enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1943 and trained in Yarmouth and Camp Borden, ON, and was sent overseas and served in England, Continental Europe and the Mediterranean area. He was wounded, though not seriously. Howard saw his brother, Lloyd, being carried out on a stretcher while he was waiting to go up to the front. He married Thelma Beulah Miller of Alton and settled in the United States. He passed away in 1992. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
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