The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 19 ANDERSON, Ernest Otis WWII Ernest was born on August 22, 1918 at Goodridge, Minnesota, USA. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on May 25, 1942 at Saskatoon and was trained and served at Montreal Wireless School, Moncton SFTS and Rockcliffe Air Base and also with the No. 168 Transport Squadron in the United Kingdom as a wireless operator. He left the service on October 5, 1945 at Regina as a Corporal. Married with two sons, he was self-employed until 1973 and from then until 1983, he worked as a stock clerk at Saskatoon’s Kelsey Institute and was active with Saskatoon’s Zion Lutheran Church making oak church furniture. ANDERSON, George F. WWII George was born on February 28, 1901 in New Brunswick and became a teacher. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in June 1941 at Saskatoon and trained to become a pilot officer serving in Canada as an instructor on link trainers, flight controls and as a personnel counsellor. He left the service in December 1945 at Halifax as a Flight Lieutenant. Married with two sons, he took the B. Ed. Degree at the University of Saskatchewan and was a teacher and principal at several schools in Saskatchewan and served on the executive of the Kindersley Legion Branch and was an air cadet officer for ten years. He was active in the Saskatchewan Teacher’s Federation, Kiwanis, Masons, Old Timers and the United Church. ANDERSON, M. WWII Andy was born on October 2, 1921 in Scotland. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in March 1940 and served in Canada, the United Kingdom and Northwest Europe, and left the service in June 1945 as Flight Sergeant. He was mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration (CD) and Bar. Andy is married. ANDERSON, John WWII John was born on December 6, 1921 at Fosston, Saskatchewan. He enlisted in the Army in August 1941 at Regina with the Army Engineers and landed on D-Day in Normandy and served in Northwest Europe with the 3rd Division Engineers and the Occupation Force in Germany. He left the service in March 1946 at Regina as a Sapper. He was married with three sons and two daughters. Before the war, he had worked on the family farm and afterward, he worked as a construction supervisor. He was wounded in France and then went on to guard stored Canadian vehicles in Holland.
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