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David Hewlett Walter Jenkins
Greg Spottiswood John Stroud
Brooke Johnson Kay Christie
Martin Julien Les Canivet
Jeremy Ratchford Fred Reich
Robert Clayton Self (Royal Rifles of Canada) (as Bob Clayton)
Robert Manchester Self (Winnipeg Grenadiers) (as Bob Manchester)
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