The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 197 HOUCK, Mervyn WWII Mervyn was born in Ingleside district south of Marchwell, Saskatchewan, in 1914. He enlisted with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders in 1943 at Worthing, Sussex, England, and served in France. He married Blanche and worked in the pulp mill in Ontario after he left home. He was killed in action at St. Andre-sur-Orne, Normandy, France, on July 24, 1944 and is buried at Beny-sur-Mer War Cemetery near Reviers Calvados, France. He left his wife and five children to mourn. HOWSE, John Edward WWII John was born in Avonlea, Saskatchewan, on July 5, 1923. He joined the 27th Armoured Regiment on March 27, 1942 and served in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Upon return to civilian life, John worked for one year and married in 1946 and began farming in the Khadive area in 1947, where he lived until his death on July 11, 2006. He had been a member of the Pongman Branch #180 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 59 years. HUNTER, Jim WWI Jim was born in County Donegal, Ireland, on October 30, 1889 and came to Canada in 1912 with the Allen brothers to work at Conquest, Saskatchewan, near his brother, William, and family. Jim joined the CEF and went overseas and returned to file for homestead in the White Fox area in 1919. In 1931, he married Frances Merritt, an English school teacher at Pinehurst School and they had a daughter, Nancy. In 1937, he sold the land and they moved to England. Jim passed away in 1960. HUDSON, Mervin C. “Merv” WWII Merv joined the Royal Canadian Air Force as an Aero Engine Mechanic and spent time training in Williams Lake and Vancouver, British Columbia, sleeping in sleeping bags. Merv loved the country up there and thought it a perfect place to raise cattle. He returned to farming in 1945.
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