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Wink Wheeler 80th Birthday Recalls A Long Alberta Lifeline
Long-time Chetwynd resident Wink Wheeler born Joseph Nelson Bart Wheeler on March 23 1904 in Port Elizabeth South Africa. He lived in England and Vancouver Island before buying a Beaverlodge Alberta farm in 1928 for 1500 dollars. He served in the Royal Canadian Armed Forces during World War II, including Normandy, earning the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. He married Nora Mortwedt in 1937 and celebrated 50 years of marriage in 1985.
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Wink Wheeler
Joseph Nelson Bart Wheeler
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Bay of Algoa
Elizabeth
Joe Wheeler
Wink
Joseph Wheeler
Wee Willie Winkie
Blink
Vancouver Island
Nora Mortwedt
Beaverlodge
Wheeler
Vancouver
Royal Canadian Armed Forces
62Nd Field Battery
Halifax
Louise Pasteur
Normandy
Louise Pastuer
Govenor General of Canada
Kings Order
Joseph Nelson
Royal Canadian Artillery
London Gazette
Nora
Richard
Alberta
Chetwynd
Canfor