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Brandon veteran one of the first women to serve in Canadian Forces
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A special ceremony at the Dinsdale Personal Care Home today will spotlight Canadian Women's Army Corps veteran Irene Hogeland, a pioneer and one of the first women to serve in the Canadian Forces. Hogeland (nee. Turner) became a trailblazer during the Second World War after she enlisted in the first-ever Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC), established in 1941. Hogeland and her husband Mel served in the Second World War from the ages of 18 to 21. It was an honour and a privilege, she said.
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