The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 137 DUFFIELD, Kenneth Ozro WWII Kenneth was born in Central Butte, Saskatchewan, on May 18, 1920. He joined the Army in January 1942 and was a Corporal Instructor at #12 in Regina and served in Canada, England and France. He was discharged in March 1945 and took up farming. He still works in his machine shop part time for farmers. Kenneth has been a member of the Semans Branch #108 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 66 years. DUHAIME, Elzear J. WWII Elzear was born at Jackfish Lake, Saskatchewan, on April 25, 1924. He enlisted in the Canadian Army on May 25, 1944 in Regina and trained in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Currie Barracks, Alberta and Debert, Nova Scotia, and sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the NewAmsterdam and disembarked at Greenock, Scotland. He took further training in southern England and was with the Regina Rifles Regiment at Ghent, Belgium, and went to the war zone until the war ended and returned to Utrecht, Holland and then on to the Canadian Army Occupational Force for Germany doing guard duty. He returned to Canada in September 1946 and was discharged in Winnipeg on November 8, 1946. Elzear now resides in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, and is a 50-year member of the North Battleford Legion Branch #070. DUNN, John Herbert William WWII John was born in Broadview, Saskatchewan, in 1924. He became part of the High School Cadet Corps and the Reserve Army in 1942 and 1943 at Dundurn, Saskatchewan, and trained on the 4.2” Howitzer. In August 1943, he joined the RCNVR at Queen, Regina and was put on the reserve list until he was called in January 1944 to Ottawa for seamanship in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, and trained on the converted yacht Caribou and took signals training at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec. John was stationed at Albro Lake wireless station in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and was discharged in February 1946. He retired with the rank of Captain after twelve years of service. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the Canadian Service Medal and the Canadian Defence Medal. He has been a member of the Kinistino Branch #129 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 27 years. DUNN, Harold WWII Harold enlisted in the Army Ordnance in May 1942 in Regina and took six weeks basic training in Maple Creek and then went to Petawawa, Ontario, for more extensive training. When the orders came for embarkation leave, Harold was not feeling well and ended up with rheumatic fever and was discharged in May 1943 for medical reasons, as he had a heart murmur and swollen joints. DVA paid for a business course for him and he got a job with the government. He found this very boring so in 1945, when his brother, Vic, was discharged from the Army, he came home and the two of them bought a share in Dunn Brothers.
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