Jim Shapland Jr. from Eagle River – Lake Superior Regiment – saw action in Europe, WW2.
While serving in Holland, he was in the same unit as Walt Clarke, his cousin from Dryden.
Jimmy used to tell a story about he and Walt brewing tea under a tarp in the rain when a jeep pulled up.
A Sergeant yelled “Clarke and Shapland – here’s a new replacement! Show him around,” Walt’s brother Bill got out of the jeep. They hadn’t seen each other in almost four years!
Jimmy passed away in 2014 in Kenora.
His obituary is here: http://www.yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oid=876840
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