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Mainprize, Robert Byrl

  • Persona
  • 1914 or 1915-1997

P21391 Robert Byrl "Buzz" Mainprize, 1914 or 1915-1997, enlisted in the Canadian Scottish Regiment in Victoria, BC in March 1934 and transferred to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry as a private in July 1935. He proceeded overseas with the Regiment in December 1939 as a Platoon Sergeant. He rose in rank to Warrant Officer until being struck off strength on 20 February 1943 in order to undertake officer training. He subsequently wascommissioned as a Lieutenant 14 August 1943 and served with the British Army as part of the CANLOAN program from April 1944 to August 1945 as a Platoon and Company Commander. Promoted to Captain, he was wounded in North West Europe 21 October 1944 with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. In 1946 he rejoined the PPCLI in Calgary, Alberta. He served in Korea as a Company Commander with the First Battalion from 1951-1952. He served with UN peacekeeping forces in the Middle East in 1957-1958 and commanded the Regimental Depot in 1958. Following a second tour of the Middle East in Palestine in 1963-1964 he retired in 1964. He remained active in the PPCLI Association and compiled the Roll of Honour and Nominal Roll, Princess Patricias' Canadian Light Infantry, 1939-1945, which was published by the Association ca. 1965. He died on 10 March 1997 at Saanichton, BC

Mortimer, Arthur Norrie Bisset

  • ppcli
  • Persona
  • 1890-2004

51259 Arthur Norrie Bisset Mortimer was born 3 June 1890 in Edinburgh, Scotland. A well known soccer player, he was residing in Calgary, Alberta and working for the Acme Fruit Company prior to enlisting with the 23rd Battalion 3 November 1914. He joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in the field as a Corporal, 1 March 1915. He rose quickly in the ranks and was commissioned as a Lieutenant 20 November 1916 eventually attaining the rank of Acting Captain. He was wounded 8 May 1915 during the Battle of Frezenberg (Second Battle of Ypres) and again 28 January 1917. He served with the Regiment through the First World War and was Struck Off Strength 22 February 1919. He was awarded the Military Cross for his actions at La Folie Wood 28 January 1917. While leading a raiding party he was severely wounded but still managed to rush a German machine gun post and kill one of the sentries with his service revolver.

Middleton, Roderick

  • ppcli
  • Persona
  • 1929-2007

Roderick Morrison Middleton was born in Calgary, Alberta 23 January 1929. He served in the Calgary Highlanders (militia) from 1948 to 1950 and joined 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry as a Lieutenant, September 1950. He served as a Platoon Commander in Korea and was wounded 7 March 1951 during the assault on Hill 532. He returned to Canada for parachute training September 1951 and served at the Airborne and Offensive Air Support Schools at the Canadian Joint Air Training Centre at Rivers, Manitoba from 1952 to 1958. He was posted to 1st Battalion PPCLI in Victoria and served as second in command of A Company and was Regimental Adjutant, June 1960 to May 1963. He attended Defense Services Staff College in Wellington, India until December 1963. He was appointed General Staff Officer Grade 2, Special Operations, in the Directorate of Military Training at Army Headquarters in Ottawa. He attended United States Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia, August 1965. Rejoining 2PPCLI in Edmonton, January 1966, he commanded the last Army Junior NCO School in Wainwright. He proceeded to Germany in May 1966 where he was in command of Headquarters Company and became Battalion Operations Officer of 1PPCLI then 2PPCLI. He was appointed General Staff Officer 2 Tactical Air Operations at the Joint Warfare establishment at Old Sarum, England, July 1967 and was appointed Staff Officer 2 in the Special Warfare Section of the Directorate of Land Operational Readiness in Ottawa in August 1969. He was posted to Calgary as Senior Staff Officer, Southern Alberta Militia District in March 1973. He retired from the Military July 1975. Following his military career Rod was manager of the Officer's Mess at Mewata Armouries, Calgary, Alberta until 1987 and Acting Director, Museum of the Regiments, May 2000-September 2000. He was active in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Association and served as National President from 1985 to 1989. He was the Chairman of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Heritage Committee from 1999-2001 and still served on that Committee in 2002. Rod was directly involved in the planning and organization of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 75th Anniversary celebrations in Calgary, 1989, and the Regimental History Book Project, 1999-2001. Rod worked as a volunteer at the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regimental Museum and Archives beginning in 1988 and was involved in the planning and design of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regimental Museum Gallery. He completed the first draft of the inventory of the papers of Brig. A. Hamilton Gault in 2004. He married Laurine Strabel of Edmonton in 1952, and they had four children, Geoffrey, Gary, Janice, and David. He died in Calgary on March 28, 2007.

Hradec, Tom

  • ppcli
  • Persona
  • 1944-

Thomas F. Hradec was born 6 January 1944 at Victoria, British Columbia. Raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan he worked in the nickel mines of Thompson, Manitoba, and for a short time with Burns and Co. in Prince Albert. Tom joined the Canadian Army on 02 August 1962 and was enlisted in the ranks of the First Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry after completion of Basic Training (the first and second phases were completed in Edmonton, Alberta and the third and final phase was conducted in Calgary, Alberta). He was posted in March 1963 to Victoria, British Columbia and then to Germany in the fall of 1963. Private Hradec remained in Germany until he was posted to Edmonton, Alberta, in the fall of 1966. While in Edmonton, he was posted to Jump Company after completing his (parachute) Jump Course in Rivers, Manitoba, that same year. In the spring of 1967 he was attached to the Alberta Centennial tour under the command of Major de Chastelain and was one of the main soldiers involved with the unarmed combat display. In the Fall of 1967 Private Hradec was on the Junior NCO's course conducted in Sarcee Barracks (Calgary, Alberta). Shortly after the completion of this course he was promoted to the rank of Corporal. In the spring of 1968 Corporal Hradec was posted with the First Battalion to Cyprus. While in Cyprus he served on three different outposts, Stampede Corral, Saddle and Templose. He returned to Canada in October 1968 and was posted to Calgary. In October 1969 Corporal Hradec was posted to Germany with the Second Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. In 1971 the Second Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and the Royal Canadian Regiment formed the Third Mechanized Commando Unit, stationed in Baden Baden, southern Germany. Tom was promoted to Master Corporal in 1972. In the fall of 1974 M/Cpl. Hradec was posted back to Canada to the First Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry stationed in Calgary. On the 15th of September 1975 he was honourably discharged from the Canadian Armed Forces. Since his release from the Canadian Armed Forces Tom was with the Alberta Correctional Services until he retired in 2002. He was National President of the Canadian Association of Veterans in United nations Peacekeeping in the 2000s, and was awarded the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation in 2008. In 2016 he was living near Moyie, BC.

Lock, W. A.

  • ppcli
  • Persona
  • d. 2008

B801995 W. A. "Bill" Lock enlisted with the Third Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in January 1951. He transferred to the First Battalion sometime prior to its embarkation for Korea in November 1951. He retired with the rank of sergeant. He died in 2008 in Nelson, BC.

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