Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 99 continued ... Private Laurie was born in Denmark, NS, and was the son of Ella Mary Ross. Private Royles was born in Maple Grove, Hants Co., and was the son of Herbert and Olive Ellen Royles. Private Clooney was also born in Maple Groove. He was the son of Mr. Garfield and Mrs. Elizabeth Clooney of Maple Grove. Privates Laurie, Royles and Clooney were travelling in a taxi from Pembroke to Petawawa on 28 September. The taxi collided with another vehicle; Laurie and Royles were killed, and Clooney died the next day. Gerald Laurie is buried in the Lockerby Memorial Cemetery, Tatamagouche, while Malcolm Royles and Wilfred Clooney are buried in the Saint John the Baptist Anglican Church Cemetery, Maple Grove. Weldon Eugene Barkhouse of Martin’s Point, Lunenburg Co. and Austin Emery George of White Head, Guysborough County, were gunners in the 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. On 21 November they were on a train bound from Calgary to Vancouver; where it was intended that they would board a ship bound for Korea. There was a minor, yet deadly, mixed-up in telegrams between railway stations which resulted in two trains sharing the same track. At Valemont, BC, the two trains collided. Seventeen artillerymen of the Royal Canadian Artillery and four crewmen of the Canadian National Railway were killed. Gunner Barkhouse, the son of Harold Martin Barkhouse and Elsie Mildred Barkhouse, is buried in the Willow Bank Cemetery, Wolfville. Gunner George, a WW II veteran and the son of Levi Matthew and Jeanette (Munro) George of Canso, is buried in Canso Cemetery. Clyde Reginald Cruickshanks was a lance-corporal in the Royal Ulster Regiment of the British Army. Clyde was born in Halifax and was the son of Adam Joseph and Bertha Veronica Cruickshanks. He was married with three children at the time of his death. Clyde was one the famous “Halifax 100” and enlisted in the Manchester Regiment of the British Army in March 1939. In December 1939 Clyde’s platoon was the first British unit to engage the enemy in combat. During the German advance of May 1940, Clyde’s unit was ordered “hold the line” against the enemy as the bulk of the British forces evacuated to Dunkirk. Clyde was taken prisoner on 26 May and remained a POW until the end of the war. He re-enlisted in the British Army for service in Korea and was killed in action, fighting against North Korean guerrilla forces, on 27 November 1950. 1951 Gerald Kenneth Frizzell was born in Sheet Harbour in 1922. He was the son of son of Kenneth Golden and Gladys Pearl Frizzell. His family moved to the United States when he was a year old. Gerald served in the United States Marine Corps during WW II at Guam, Bougainville, Okinawa and China. He served with the Marines in Korea, as a member of Company G, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Corporal Frizzell was killed in action outside of Pohon on 29 January. In February the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, entered the fighting during the second advance toward the 38th parallel. Amongst the Patricia’s was Borden Bruce Brown of Springhill. Private Brown, a WW II veteran, was the son of Roy Thurlo and Beatric Etna Brown of Joggins. Private Brown was one of four soldiers of 2PPCLI killed in action on 23rd February during the advance. His name was added to the Amherst cenotaph on 4 November 2020. Austin Emery George Weldon Barkhouse Clyde Cruickshanks Gerald Frizzell continued ...
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