Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 63 continued ... Donald ‘Don’ How Morrison was born on 28 April 1919 to Bernard and Anna Morrison of Armdale. He was working on the Canadian National Steamships ‘Lady Boats’ when he heard the British Army was recruiting in Halifax. Don enlisted in the 2/Mancs on 28 March 1939. In 1940 he spent a few months training for a raid into Finland with the 5th (Ski) Battalion of the Scots Guards. The raid was cancelled shortly after the battalion landed in France. Don stayed with 2/Mancs throughout most of the war, seeing action against the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army on the India-Burma border. By the end of the war Don Morrison was in the middle east as a member of the Palestine Police Force. After the war he became a stock room clerk and married Mary Rosamonde Ritchie on 2 February 1946 in Halifax. His brother, Flying Officer John Houseal Morrison, served in 424 Squadron RCAF as a Bomb Aimer. John’s bomber took off at 0532 6 July 1944 from Skipton-on-Swale to destroy the V-1 Site (Storage) at Siracourt. F/O Morrison’s bomber, Halifax III LW169, was shot down by flak. There were no survivors of LW169. Walter Eric Mossman was the son of Daniel and Bertha Mossman and was born in 1909 in Rose Bay, Lunenburg County. He enlisted in the 2/Mancs in March 1939. No information is currently available about his wartime service. Eric died on 23 July 1954 in Halifax. N Nelson enlisted in the 2/Mancs on 28 March 1939. No information is currently available about his wartime service. He may have been the ‘Norman Boyd Nelson’ who was born in Amherst on 2 August 1920 and died on 30 June 1993. G Neville of Halifax enlisted in the 2/Mancs in 1939. Neville was one of the eight Canadians to serve in the short-lived 5th (Ski) Battalion of the Scots Guards. No other information is currently available about his wartime service. He may have been Garnett Claire Neville who was born in Centreville, Kings County, on 6 April 1919 to Hartley and Freida Neville. Thomas Hubert Nolan was born on 29 March 1921 to Thomas and Margaret Nolan of 12 Dawson Street, Dartmouth. He sailed to England aboard the Manchester Commerce and enlisted in the 2/Mancs on 12 April 1939. Thomas was one of the eight Canadians to serve in the short-lived 5th (Ski) Battalion of the Scots Guards. He took part in the fighting retreat to the Dunkirk beaches in May/June 1940 and transferred to the Canadian Army in 1941 – joining the Toronto Scottish Regiment. No additional information is currently available about his wartime service. J Oak enlisted in the 2/Mancs in 1939. George Roderick O'Handley was born on 30 June 1917 in Barrachois Harbour to Steven and Sarah O'Handley. He enlisted in the 2/Mancs on 2 March 1939. After the fighting in France, during May and June 1940, George opted to transfer to the Canadian Army. He was selected for officer training and was transferred to the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.) in 1941. Lieutenant O’Handley took part in the D-Day invasion and fought in Northwest Europe until the end of the war. He remained in Germany for about six months, as part of the occupation force. He served in ‘C’ Company of the 3rd Battalion of North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment as a captain and acting/major. George died on 2 January 1975 in London, Ontario, at age 58. continued ...
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