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49Er1999no102 r THE THE LOYAL I Canada's Armed Forces. Ericksen Nissan The Fort^niner NUMBER 102DECEMBER 1999 First Published in 1915 THE FORTY-NINER The Journal of The Loyal Edmonton Regiment "Fears No Foe" Produced for the Regimental Family by The 49th Battalion, The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Association c/o The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Museum #108 Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre 10440 - 108 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5H 3Z9 e-mail: [email protected] phone/fax: (780) 421 -9943 International Standard Serial Number ISS 0701-2918 Editor; Major David Haas, CD This year's cover shows troops fivm The Loyal Edmonton Regiment at the Cenotaph in front of Edmonton City Hall on November II, 1999. This year marked the. Regiment's return to a Remembrance Day service in Edmonton, after several years attending the service m nearby St. Albert. The artwork for the new design of the Regimental badge has been revised by Sharon Haas to sve a more accurate rendition. Total confidence now and down the road. 13020-97 Street Edmonton 10301-100 Avenue Morinville 475-9237 939-2200 Complete Tire and Automotive Service @ Passenger Tiresires @ used Tires @ Front End @ Truck Tires @ Auto Repairs @ Shocks @ Custom Wheelsels @ Wheel Alignment @ Batteries @ Brakes WE OFFER MILITARY DISCOUNTS (onlinenlal 4 The Fortyniner CONTENT! The Regiment TQdayB.C. Branch President ^^ Donkey Derby ^^ The Unit YearB.C. Branch AGM Regimental Bet Page 6Page 15 Page 56 Honourary Colonel MathesonOrtona Visit Fortyniner Gallery #1 Page 9Page 77 Page 56 NUmegan MarchMore River Cemetery Paae 20Page 74 The Band Beat CadetSMuseum Update page ^ ^ 34Literary @, , .Museum Information Sheet Book Reviews Cadets on ExercisePane 0.0. Ortona Page 30pacle 44 page 58 Edson Cadets page 32Regimental History ^"^hns p^gg Yukon Cadets ^ ^& TradltlOnS The Regimental Poet ^ ^^ DAniwAntal I inlrcT^ Warrior Bard Kegimenidl Ulll^Sergeant Walter Nishikawa Page 63 PPCLIpage 18 Page 35JHaiTerProwse ^ PerSOmiel Queen s Lancashire Regiment. page30PagePanf@ '?RFortyniner 22 Tracers Uallery ^1 nthpr llnltSTwo Sisters Meet & Marry Eddies PBS@ 57 UineLUmiSA War Bride's Story Wanderer AW/ r> DPage 23 Page 61 A West Coast Rangerg^ ^^ ^ ^ Memoriam 9Page 26 Major General George ThP ASSOCiatiOnSnuff Kitchmg Bne H^UUKIHUHpggg ^g page 64 _, @ , r, .,Cnwino the lissel Mflior Keith Wakefield Edmonton Branch Preside ^Cio.sin, the l]s.el ^ ^ p^^ ^ Edmonton Branch AGMNaviglio Canal Last Post Page 12Psg@ 50 Page 72 * AUTO REPAIR CENTRE 112803-97 STREET t.fl.tltti The Fortyniner THE UNIT YEAR THE LOYAL EDMONTON REGIMENT TODAY 1999 was another fast t-\Q/^pfi vp^r TOT" ti^P r\ P01 TTlPnt '@^"@^^''C^"^"'"''- in the units annual lerresner ttBromimiinr- .@@@@PHOTO by Yvon Marier PHOTO by YvonMarier training formerly known as OnQn thethe firingfiring line,line, butbut whowho isis attendingattending thethe redred flag?flag? Warrior training and now called Minimum Level of March ended with a support weapons Capability (MLOC). It was also necessary to shoot. This included live firing of the C 6 qualify the soldiers taking part in the upcom- and C 9 machine guns and the 60 mm mor- ing field firing exercises scheduled for April, tars. Thirty soldiers went by bus to Chilliwack, In April, "A" Company conducted a series B.C. where they conducted adventure train- of live fire ranges. The troops progressed ing, small boat work, and explosives training through stands from individual fire and along w'-ith Engineers from Edmonton. Those movement utilizing obstacles, to a jungle who were qualified got a chance for some lane, to a sniper stalk, to pairs fire and move- divin". ment, to group fire and movement and fin- ______,_.,..__.___~~ ished with section live fire attacks. The 1^H~second exercise was similar and was capped BHH I ^::'' H^ iK^^^BHlllll off with a live fire, platoon sized woods @ | ' W \isSSIKlS^ clearing shoot. While this was going on, a Brave blood donors The Fortyniner THE UNIT YEAR From Page 6 test our operational readiness. Credit for organizing the "adventure" goes to Sergeant Mike Rarog - a member of the Regiment who is currently employed with the Squadron In May, "A" Company participated in Exercise Total Ram, the annual reserve concentration for Western Canada. We PHOTO bv Yvon Marier fielded the largest contingent out of an area Mot the three tenors, just unit officers at the which spans Victoria, BC to Thunder Bay, PPCLI 85th Anniversary Trooping Ont. The exercise ran from May 20 to 24 and mental Colours of all three Patricia battalions gave the soldiers a chance to participate in a were joined on parade by that of The Loyal live fire defensive shoot as well as airmobile Edmonton Regiment in an impressive Troop- assaults. ing of the Colours. Despite the absence of With most of the soldiers away in Wain- most of our soldiers due to summer training, wright for training during the summer, unit the Regiment managed to provide half of the activity slowed down. Lestock Day was held fourth guard. at Camp Harris again this year providing a July also saw some of our soldiers participate relaxed venue in which all ranks of the in the prestigious and gruelling Nijmegen regiment could eat hamburgers and play March in Holland. sports. The new training year started off in early In July, the PPCLI invited the regiment to September with a Commanding Officer's participate in their 85th anniversary celebra- Parade. Command of "A" Company was tions. For the first time in history the Regi- handed over from Major Mike Prendergast to ^^^_^^^_ Captain Jack Binns, who ^iSSSSSi^. wastel^ no tlme launching @SlS3SBS^ tne '-^"^P^y lnto prepara- B^M^^^X tions for the first Militia HlwHBlkffl Training and Support Centre HiRHP^ exercise. The emphasis of ^Ssy^^''-"' this year's assessed exercises y@ - '^'VJ was on patrolling and offen- Mft \^@1^' -; slve operations. The aim was to complete all three of these H '^^Sy test exercises before Novem- Q ^er- ^nls was thieved and |^|1 " the regiment passed all the ^^^^^^_ assessments. The pace was Up north, Canadian Rangers know how to dothewair The Fortyniner Regiment also enjoyed excellent ing members, who are to serve THE UNIT YEARcoverage on A-Channel's Big with 3 PPCLI and the National Breakfast show. Veterans Maurice Command Element are not due From Page 7White and Bill Shaw were on to leave until February 2000. hand at the studio along with Traditionally, December is not hard but the troops seemed to eat serving soldiers, while Big Break- a slow period for the regiment. it up. The assessors commented fast's Steve Antel visited the The month started off with the on the high spirit and profession- Regimental Museum in the annual Officers' Mess Dinner, alism of our soldiers. which was followed by the tradi- October saw nine members of Prince of Wales Armouries to talk about the many artefacts at tional Junior Ranks Christmas the regiment start training for the Museum. Dinner where the Commanding operational duty in Bosma- November also saw the forma- Officer exchanges uniform jack- On Remembrance Day the unit ets with the youngest private. participated in a sen/ice at Ed- tion of a composite company to be on standby to deal with any The Honoraries w^ere in atten- monton City Hall- In recent problems associated with New dance at both functions. years previous the regiment was Years and the anticipated Millen- December also saw the unit parading in St. Albert, however, nium Bug. The bulk of the com- conduct a ski school and a patrol this year it was decided to return pany was to come from the Loyal leaders course. The unit also to downtown Edmonton. A good Edmonton Regiment augmented welcomed Captain Chris sized crowd attended. Many were by a platoon from the South Chodan home from Kosovo after individual citizens who decided Alberta Light Horse. The con- a six month tour of duty. to attend the ceremony, addition- sensus of opinion correctly fore- The year ended with a cere- ally there were various commu- cast that this would be a big non mony commemorating the Battle nity groups who traditionally ofOrtona, held at Edmonton attend this solemn event. The event. Majors Paul Bury and Mike City Hall on December 27. Prendergast departed for an Despite the holidays, the event operational tour with the Divi- was well attended and included sion Headquarters in Bosnia representation from both the during November. The remain- German and Italian communities. Mr, Vice marches in Major Griesbach's sword So commense ibrance Ceremony at Edmonton City Hall on De- the Annual Officers' Binsier ! German bell ringers entertain 9 The Fortyniner THE HONOURARY COLONEL Colonel Robert Stuart "Bob" Matheson is : an old Edmontonian whose roots go back into our Regimental history. Bom December 11, 1919, he lived only three houses away from Regimental founder Major General William Griesbach, whom he recalls as a ^ pretty gruff old character, but whose wife was 3. very nice lady. ||| THE EARLY DAYS || A life long friend, who lived nearby in f Colonel Matheson's childhood days, was |_ Stan Waters, who rose to the rank of Major ^, Honourary Colonel Bob Matheson in his law office General as a soldier in the Regular Force, and became Alberta's first and to date only elected Senator. As a youth Colonel Matheson was quite athletic, swimming competitively through most of the thirties, and also playing rugby and Canadian Football. He was particularly active in lacrosse, along with Stan Waters. Their very tough coach was Miles Palmer, a First World War veteran of the 49th Battalion, and later Colonel Matheson's predeces- sor as Honourary Lieutenant Colonel of The Loyal Edmonton Regiment. SECOND WORLD WAR In the Second World War Colonel Matheson 114111 -127 Street I 10550-116 Street I joined the 2nd Battalion of The Edmonton Regi- Free Installation J Mon-Fri 7-7 Sat 7-5 | ment in the Spring of 1940 as a reservist.
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