The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 247 MURRAY, Fred L. WWII Fred was born in Earl Grey, SK, in 1918. He enlisted in the 1st Ordnance Field Park on January 4, 1940, and served in England, where he met and married his wife, Betty. He was discharged on November 1, 1945, and returned to civilian life. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and the Defence Medal. Fred was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion for 35 years before he passed away in 1994. MURRAY, Robert Gerrie WWI Robert was born on September 8, 1892, at Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, arrived in Canada in 1910, and settled in Leross, SK. He enlisted in the Army in 1915 in Saskatoon and was a Sapper in the Engineers with the 7th Field Company. After serving mostly overseas for three years, he returned to Winnipeg in 1918, and brought back his best friend’s belongings to his family. He married his best friend’s sister, Agnes, in 1921, and they lived in Winnipeg, where Robert worked for Grand Trunk Pacific CNR as a mechanic for five years. He returned to Leross with his wife and three children, bought land south of Leross and raised a family of ten children. He farmed until 1952, and then retired to Red Deer, AB. Robert passed away in 1972. NELSON, Conrad WWII Conrad was born in Broderick, SK, in 1917, and was 16 years old when he arrived in Hagen with his parents, Joe and Emma Nelson. He worked in bush camps in the winters and for farmers in the summers. He married Inez Swenson in 1941, and then joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and went to Saskatoon for training. His next postings were at St. Thomas and Yorkton, before being sent to England in 1944, and then to Germany until 1946, when he returned home to farm. They had a son, Craig, and a daughter, Dianne. He worked for many years for J. R. Leach and Sons and Greenland Farm Equipment in Prince Albert. They then moved to P.A. in 1974, and he kept working until he passed away in 1979. NAYLOR, James Maurice WWII James was born in Hawarden, SK, in 1920, to Harry and Grace Naylor, who emigrated from Iowa. They farmed there and then moved to a farm two miles south of Bitch Hills. The children went to school in Birch Hills. James enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. After the war, he attended University and attained his doctorate at Madison, Wisconson. He returned to Saskatoon, where he worked in research and as a professor of Biology. James passed away suddenly in 1984, at the age of 64.
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