The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 291 MUNDELL, Roy Thomas WWII Roy was born in Plunkett, Saskatchewan, in 1921. He joined the Army Service Corps in 1939. Roy had moved with his family to the Pine Torch area and after war was over he lived in White Fox and operated a garage. Roy and his wife, Doris, moved to Calgary, Alberta. He passed away on May 30, 2004. MURCH, Clifford Ernest WWII Clifford was born in Saskatchewan in 1917. He joined the British Columbia Regiment 4th Armoured Division, serving in England, France, Belgium and Holland. During the battle to close the Falaise gap on August 9, 1944, the regiment lost 47 tanks to the enemy. Cliff was injured in the battle for Hochwald Forest, Germany, and flown to hospital in Bruge, Belgium, and returned home to Canada in 1946. He graduated from the school of agriculture in 1948, bought a farm at Lancer, Saskatchewan, and married Jean Waschuck in 1951 and they had three children: Sandra, Wayne and Keith. Cliff received the Legion Meritorious Service Award and the Palm Leaf in 1998 and served on the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Board of Directors from 1974-1984. He passed away in 2008 and had been a member of the Abbey Branch #222 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 62 years. MURRAY, Gordon Donald KOREA & PEACETIME Gordon was born in 1934 on a farm near Leross, Saskatchewan. He enlisted in Regina with the 56th Canadian Transport Company Royal Canadian Army Service Corps for the Korean War effort in 1951. He delivered ammunitions equipment to the front line and later, he was in charge of the petrol point or airplanes and trucks. Gordon signed on for an additional three months distributing food to the Commonwealth Division and earned three Korean Medals and was discharged in 1935. Gordon currently resides in Red Deer, Alberta, and has been a member of the Red Deer Branch #35 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 35 years. MURCH, Hewitt James WWII Hewitt was born in Lancer, Saskatchewan, on January 19, 1921. He joined the Army in August 1942 and trained as a wireless operator with RCCS and was attached to the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade Signals and landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944 and continued with the unit until July 1945, finishing his military career at CMHQ in London. He married in England on December 15, 1945 and returned to Canada in March 1946. He attended the University of Saskatchewan and farmed for eleven years and then worked as a Field Officer with the Veterans’ Land Administration until retirement in January 1986. Betty, his wife, and Hewitt spent more than 63 happy years together, and raised two daughters. He is a Life Member of the Swift Current Branch #56 of The Royal Canadian Legion for the past 64 years and was awarded the Meritorious Service Award with the Palm Leaf.
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