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Harvet Friesen with poppy , WW2 medals and his 1943 PPCLI unit photo- Harvey Friesen joined the PPCLI at age 16 in 1943 and was kept in the service in Canada until he was 18 but the war had ended preventing him from going over seas to fight. .He lives in Winkler and helped create a WW1 WW2 Cenotaph in the Town of Winkler - Remembrance Day Feature ‚Äì Mennonite soldiers who joined the army during WW2 were shunned by their community upon their return after WW2 ‚some they formed their own church Altona United Church started in 1953 -Randy Turner story KEN GIGLIOTTI / Oct. 23 2013 / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS