The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 323 SWENSON, Clifford WWII Clifford was born in 1920 to Severin and Nora (Bastness) Swenson. He attended school and helped with the farming, but when war broke out he went to Regina and enlisted with the RCAF and was stationed in Prince Rupert. In 1943, he married Myrtle Swenson. He received his discharge in November 1945 and returned to the farm. He and his wife had two children: Donald and Barbara. In 1974, he turned over the farm to his son, Don, and became manager of the Canada Farm Labour Pool. He celebrated his 88th birthday in June and he Norma are living in Saskatoon. TAIT, William McMurray “Bill” WWII Bill was born in MacDowall, SK, in 1916, the eldest son in a family of five sons and four daughters, born to Arthur and Mary Tait. After finishing school, he worked for various farmers and then joined the Army in the Fall of 1942, and served until June 1946 in England, France, Belgium and Germany. Bill married Lillian Cartier on November 14, 1946, and raised a family of two boys and two girls. In 1972, he passed away suddenly in a traffic accident. TARVES, Wesley WWI Wesley was born to James and Mary (Dark) Tarves in Ontario, and moved out west with his family in 1903, finally settling on a farm southeast of Birch Hills in 1907. He enlisted in 1914 and went overseas. He was wounded in 1919 and returned home to resume working at the creamery. He married Caroline and they had three children. They were living in Swift Current when Wesley passed away in 1947. TARVES, Howitt WWI Howitt was born to James and Mary (Dark) Tarves in Ontario, and moved out west with his family in 1903, finally settling on a farm southeast of Birch Hills in 1907. Howitt became a bank teller and enlisted in the Army in 1914, going overseas. He was wounded, and brought back a war bride in 1919. He and Freda moved to P.A., where he joined the Soldier Settlement Board, and later moved to Calgary, then Edmonton, working with the Federal Tax Department. Howitt and Freda had five children, and they retired to Victoria, where he passed away in 1974.
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