203 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca SABO, Steven Charles AFGHANISTAN Steven was born in Kamloops, British Columbia on June 25, 1983. He moved to Winnipeg at a very early age and attended Sun Valley School, Chief Peguis Junior High School and Kildonan East Collegiate. Steven joined the Canadian Army in 2005 and completed basic training at CFB St. Jean Quebec. He then completed infantry training at the Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR) Battle School at CFB Meaford, Ontario. On his request he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (2PPCLI) at CFB Shilo, Manitoba. In 2008, Steven was deployed on Task Force 108 with the 2PPCLI Battle Group in Afghanistan for seven months. Steve saw action as a Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV III) driver/operator with C Company (Mechanized) conducting daily operations including as a Quick Reaction Force out of Forward Operating Bases (FOBs). Steve was medically discharged due to a training injury in 2012. He has been a member of Henderson Highway Legion Branch 215 for three years. SCOTT, Wilfred Richard “Wilf” WWI Wilfred was born on February 14, 1895 in Baldur, the son of Samuel and Sarah Scott. Wilf enlisted in Winnipeg and was in training at Fort Osborne Barracks when he was discharged to return home to the farm due to his father’s health. He married Mary Aitken on March 9, 1921. They had six children, Fern, Gordon, twins Irving and Edith Maxwell, Keith and Betty DeMare. Wilf bought grain for a few years then took over the farm west of Baldur. They retired to their home in Baldur. SEAL, Marvin WWII Marvin was born in Edmonton in 1922 and lived in a small town just outside of Edmonton called Tofield, Alberta. He took his basic training in Edmonton after joining the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942. Under the ‘Bomber Command’, Marvin completed his tour of operations, which included thirty operational trips over Germany with #419 The Moose Squadron. After being discharged from the Air Force in 1945, he went to Edmonton University and then onto Minnesota State University to complete his Masters Degree. In 1951, Marvin joined the University of Manitoba as a Professor and retired from there in 1985, although not officially as he stayed on until full retirement in 1991. He met his secretary, and future wife, Gloria Huxley in Winnipeg in 1951 and married her in 1953. They raised three girls and one boy and have both retired in Winnipeg. Marvin keeps himself busy and informed by watching tv and wading through both the Winnipeg Free Press and The Toronto Globe and Mail.
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