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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, M arch 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 | 14 Mann injured after falling into ditch, finds shelter in cow shed continued from p. 11 Mann headed off for a cycling tour of the but his tour came to an abrupt end in Man British Isles. He travelled from Land's End in chester, England when he ran out of money m any young adults cycled through different southern England to the Scottish H ighlands, A skilled m achinist, Mann got a jo b with countries." M etropolitan Vickers, the fam ous aircraft manufacturer. After a while, the bright lights halton.ca (j 311 YaufTHiB of London appealed to Mann. Irwin said his in friend quickly found w ork m anufacturing Hurricane and Spitfire fighters -- as Brit nm nn REGION ain rushed to prepare for the upcom ing war against Germany. In 1940, Mann signed up to fight with the First Division of the Army Service Corp. After basic training, M ann w as assigned to NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION supervise a large m aintenance machine shop. ^Halton Dundas East Wastewater Pumping Station Town of Oakville Collision in Sicily In 1943, Mann took part in the allied in vasion of Sicily. While he w as driving in a convoy carrying live am munition, Mann en countered a dust storm , which caused a colli sion and pile-up. "H is truck sm ashed into the vehicle in front of him and came to a stop, teetering on the edge of a cliff," said Irwin. "The live am m o tumbled down the m oun tain. Les suffered facial and quite serious back injuries." M ann scram bled into the passenger seat, opened the door and jum ped out. "To his horror, he w as falling 15 feet into a roadside ditch," added Irwin. "Som ehow Les crawled out of the ditch, crossed a field and found shelter in a cow sh ed." "I w as quite m arked u p ," Mann recalled. His army buddies found him after search ing two days later. "You never left a buddy behind," said Irwin. Mann spent som e time in hospital recuper ating before taking part in the allied invasion of Italy. "It w as quite a long war," said Mann. "We left quite a few of our com rades in Sicily." After the war, M ann and w as transported to England and then back to Canada. He m oved to Oakville som e 40 years ago, mar ried and raised a family. For his contributions in the war, M ann re ceived a grant from the Government of Can ada to further his education. He studied ho tel and service managem ent and found a job as a supervisor for Trans-Canada Air Lines, which later becam e Air Canada. For the next 30.5 years, Mann w as respon sible for hiring and training stewardesses, as well as flying all over Canada. D uring his lifetime, M ann travelled to every continent in the world. "It w as a fantastic life," said Irwin. "W hat a job. W hat a lucky m an." In honour of his m any contributions to the war, Maj. Gen. 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