VETERANS’ SERVICE RECOGNITION BOOK – VOLUME 19 / 41 THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND COMMAND CURRIE, Hector Talmage WWI Hector Currie was born in 1885, in Fairview, PEI, to Parents Nelson and Flora (MacLean) Currie. Hector lived in New Dominion and taught school until he volunteered to enlisted with the No. 5 Siege Battery of CFE Charlottetown. He was 20 years old at the time of his enlistment on July 17, 1916. On completion of Military training, he left Halifax on the SS Southland, arriving in Liverpool, UK on October 7, 1916. He continued his military training with the 8th Armentieres when he was then transferred to serve with the Canadian Corp Heavy Artillery on October 17, 1917. Hector saw action in Passchendaele front in 1917, followed by action at Vimy Ridge where he was wounded and followed with the effects of gas poisoning. Following the war, Hector worked for the Savings Bank of Canada, where he eventually became manager. In 1930, he then purchased the Ira McGregor farm in New Dominion. He married Mary Stretch following his return from active service. They had no children. Hector passed away in 1990 and is buried in the Long Creek Baptist Cemetery. CRANE, M. Bruce WWII Bruce was born in Riverton, PEI in 1922. He served as a gunner in the 7th Canadian Medium Regiment with the Royal Canadian Artillery in England and in France from February 29, 1940, to October 20, 1945. He was wounded at Falaise, France on August 14, 1944. He received the 1939-1945 Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, France and Germany Star, and 1939-1945 Star. He married Joyce Gawn on January 6, 1945, in London, England and returned to Canada in October 1945. Joyce and new baby arrived on June 15, 1946. He bought a farm in Hazelbrook in 1946 where he and Joyce raised five children. He passed away on April 13, 1983. CRANE, Joyce C. WWII Joyce was born in London, England in 1923. She served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (British) in England from April 14, 1942, to September 7, 1945 working on the defence of England as a “Barrage Balloon Operator”. She received the British Air Force WAAF Medal and Women’s Auxiliary Air Force Medal. She married Bruce Crane, a gunner serving with the Army from Riverton, PEI, on January 6, 1945. She and five-month-old baby left England on the Queen Mary on June 11 and arrived in Halifax on June 15, 1946, where she joined Bruce. They lived on their farm in Hazelbrook where they raised five children. She was a member of the Charlottetown Women’s Auxiliary. Joyce passed away on August 23, 2019.
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