Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 161 continued ... continued ... After much painful medical treatment in field hospitals at the battlefront and then in England, Andrew was repatriated to Canada. What followed in Canada was intensive physiotherapy and the fitting of artificial limbs. He was treated at veterans’ hospitals in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario. Operating under this great physical handicap and with a very limited primary education, Andrew decided to go west to Saskatchewan to complete his education. He completed grades 8 to 10 and then went on to Regina College in 1924. While attending Regina College, he met Kathleen Craven of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. They married in 1927. From here Andrew went to the University of Saskatchewan and graduated with a law degree in 1931. His wife also graduated with an arts degree the same year. He began the practice of law with the firm of Estey and Moxen in Saskatoon. He stayed until 1936 when he moved to Regina and began his own practice. In February, 1940, he became the Secretary Treasurer of the Law Society of Saskatchewan and their Collegiate Board Trustee. On July 12, 1941, Andrew was appointed Law Officer in the Attorney Generals Department for the Province of Saskatchewan. On May 6, 1947 he was appointed Kings Counsel. Andrew had not forgotten his fellow veterans and become active in the Canadian Legion. He was an executive member and served as President of Branch 001, Regina, in 1946. He was also chairman of the War Amputees of Canada, Dominion Representative for the Province of Saskatchewan on the War Amps board, and was the first Saskatchewan amputee to be awarded their Meritorious Service Award. During the Second World War, Andrew was an inspector in the Saskatchewan Veterans’ Civil Security Corps in Regina. He also became a member of the United Services Institute. Andrew Hall died suddenly and unexpectedly on October 28, 1953. He was 53 years old. In paying tribute to him, Mr. J.W. Corman, Q.C., Attorney-General of Saskatchewan said, “He was a fine citizen and a true friend. Andy bore cheerfully the crippling marks of the First World War.” Andrew Hall was given a full military funeral and was laid to rest in Regina Cemetery, Regina, Saskatchewan. Colonel Gordon Sidney Harrington WW I Gordon Sidney Harrington was born in Halifax, NS, on August 7, 1883. He was one of three children of Sidney and Mary Harrington. Gordon’s father was a prominent Halifax lawyer whose business partner was the future prime minister of Canada, Robert Borden. Gordon grew up and was schooled in Halifax. Like his father, he set his sights on a law career, and in 1904, he graduated from Dalhousie Law School. Not long after graduation, Gordon left Halifax and set up a law practice in Glace Bay. He quickly made a name for himself defending the rights of coal miners and became legal counsel for the United Mine Workers of America in Cape Breton. He was so well respected in the local area he became mayor of Glace Bay. In 1910, Gordon married Catherine Agnes MacDonald, a local girl from nearby Reserve Mines. Her father was a coal miner. After the outbreak of World War 1, Gordon resigned his position as mayor of Glace Bay and returned to Halifax, where on October 31, 1915, he enlisted in the 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders). He had eleven years of militia training with the 66th Regiment “Princess Louise” Fusiliers, who were based in Halifax, and retained his rank of captain upon enlistment. He was quickly promoted to the rank of major and given command of "D" Company where the men had all been recruited in Cape Breton. On February 23, 1916, he was transferred to the newly created 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) as junior major in charge of training. The 185th Battalion was headquartered in the abandoned mining town of Broughton, near
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