Kenneth E PerryKen was born and raised in the City of Victoria, British Columbia. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1960 and was sent to Basic Training, also known as Boot Camp for five months at Hamilton Gault Barracks in Edmonton, Albert. After his graduation he was subsequently posted to Work Point Barracks in Esquimalt near Victoria on Vancouver Island. On August 10th, 1963, Ken married a beautiful young lady from Vancouver, B.C.; eight weeks later Ken was deployed to Germany for three years under NATO Operations of Exceptional Circumstances as an Infantry Reconnaissance Team Leader. During his tour of duty there, he became a Black Belt Judo Instructor and participated in many Judo Tournaments that took him and his fellow team-mates to numerous military bases in West Germany, France, and England. Soon after Ken's return to Canada in 1967 he was Honourably Released from the Armed Forces. Five weeks later he was hired on with a Canadian National and International Heavy Equipment Company; after 41 years of service with this firm he retired. Ken is a father of one son and one daughter, and a Grandfather of five wonderful Grand Children. Read More Read Less