The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 189 HEPP, Steve WWII Steve joined the Canadian Army CAP No. 2 Lake Superior with the 5th AA Battery RCA (CA) and served in Belgium, England, Holland, France and Germany and was discharged on May 1, 1946. HERTLEIN, Robert Rudolph WWII Robert enlisted with the RCASC 3rd Division (Private) on May 16, 1941 and served in Canada, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe and was discharged on January 21, 1946. Robert passed away on October 4, 1984 and received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, the 193945 Star, the 1939-45 Defence Medal, and the France/Germany Star. He was a member of the Langenburg Branch #250 of The Royal Canadian Legion. HEWITT, Oscar WWI Oscar was born in Nottingham, England, on August 2, 1895. He joined the South Saskatchewan Expeditionary Force in 1915 and took part in the battles of Ypres, Mons, Arras, the Somme, Passchendaele and Vimy Ridge. He was discharged in 1919. Oscar was a staunch member of the Readlyn Legion and the Asssiniboia Legion from its inception until his passing on March 29, 1987. He sold poppies on the street every year until 1985, and for many years he read the WWI members who passed away at Remembrance Day Services and always took part in Decoration Day services as long as he was able. HEWITT, James Bryan WWII James, son of James and Ethel Hewitt, was born in 1921 at Kelso, Saskatchewan. He was killed in action on December 26, 1944 near Faenza, Italy, at age 23. He was with the 2nd Lt. A.A. Regiment RCA and is buried in the Faenza War Cemetery, which was formed in the winter of 1944 for the burial of those who were killed in the static fighting before the advance was renewed in April 1945. Hewitt Narrows is named in honour of James Bryan Hewitt.
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