The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 147 EMERY, Kenneth John WWII Kenneth was born in London, England, on December 14, 1909. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force Wireless Unit AC1 in 1939 and trained in Montreal #1 Wireless School WEM3 and was posted at Royal Canadian Air Force #401, 402, 412 Squadrons, serving in England and Northern Ireland. He was discharged in 1944. Kenneth was a Life Member of the Assiniboia Branch #17 of The Royal Canadian Legion for over 40 years before he passed away on February 18, 2002. EVANS, John A. WWII John was born to Tom and Lydia Evans on April 22, 1924 in England. He moved with his family to Carlyle, Saskatchewan, in 1929 because the conditions were not good in England at that time. He received his education at the Carlyle School and then joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 and served on the famed destroyer, HMCS Huron, which did convoy duty on the Arctic run to Murmansk and Archangel and later served in the English Channel before and during the invasion. After the war, he returned to Carlyle and married Hazeldene Hurst and they raised two children: Ferg and Cindy. John was a member of the Carlyle Branch #249 of The Royal Canadian Legion before he passed away on September 22, 1999. EWEN, Archibald Charles “Archie” WWII Archibald was born in Cameron, Ontario, in 1911 and married Margaret Annie Lewis on November 12, 1940 and had five children: Gary Charles, Margaret Amelia, Kenneth Wayne, Sheila Rae and Richard Dale. He joined the RCE and served in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Archie worked for farmers and then later drove a truck. He and Margaret owned and operated Ewen’s Café until Archie had to sell due to ill health. He passed away from a massive heart attack on March 11, 1972. Archie never wished to talk about the war and wouldn’t watch war movies on television. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, the 1939-45 Star, and the France/Germany Star. He was a member of the Welwyn Branch #112 of The Royal Canadian Legion. EVANSON, Peter G. WWII Peter was born in Dauphin, Manitoba, and he and his wife, Nellie, came to Welwyn, Saskatchewan, in 1932 from Rossburn, Manitoba, and raised three children: June, Carole and Blair. Peter barbered in Welwyn until 1941, when he joined the Army and went overseas in 1942 and spent two years in England and returned home in 1944 and resumed barbering until 1969 when he retired and was very active in the community, the I.O.O.F. Lodge, The Legion and the United Church. He passed away suddenly in 1973 and rests in the Welwyn Cemetery. He was a member of the Welwyn Branch #112 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 28 years.
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