The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 305 OLASON, Sigmar Elmer KOREA and PEACETIME Sigmar was born in Leslie, Saskatchewan, in 1931. He joined the Navy and served from 1950 to 1955 on HMCS Shearwater and HMCS Magnificent, Naval air station aircraft carriers. He has been a member of the Foam Lake Branch #16 for 41 years. OLEINIK, Michael WWI and WWII Michael was born in Russia on August 25, 1896 and came to Canada in 1913. He joined the Canadian Army and was overseas for five years, serving in Europe in WWI. In WWII, he was a Veteran’s Guard stationed at Lethbridge, Alberta. Michael passed away on March 1, 1969. OWEN, John WWII John joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 at age 18 and went to Manning Depot at Brandon, Manitoba, and then to Swift Current on guard duty from 1941-1942. Next to #2 wireless school in Calgary, where he contracted diphtheria and was hospitalized for 49 days and was taken out of the air crew for one year. He was then sent to Toronto and then back to Mossbank, where he worked in gunnery flight and the butcher shop. John travelled overseas on the Empress of Scotland as a gun crew and landed at Greenock, Scotland, and then by train to Abington, England, for operational training flying in Wellington and Whitley planes. John’s crew of seven were on 21 bombing trips over Germany. He was the tail gunner and their last bombing run was on April 22, 1945. John came home to Canada on the Isle de France ship and started farming in 1946 with a Veterans’ Land Grant and was able to purchase his first Minneapolis tractor for $1, 200.00. He built a house in 1946 and married Gladys MacDonald and they raised four children and now have thirteen grandchildren and three great grandsons. Over the years, John’s air crew have enjoyed many happy reunions and as of 2001, only two members of the air crew are left, John and the pilot. OSBORNE, George Martin WWI George was born on April 12, 1889 in Roadale, Lancashire, England. He joined the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry 195th 102 Service CEF serving in France for two years and nine months, arriving there on November 28, 1916, and commenced duty on December 9, 1916. His right arm was amputated at Vimy in 1917 from a shrapnel wound on the right elbow which was shattered badly because of gangrene. He sailed for Canada on September 19, 1917 and was entitled to wear one gold casualty stripe. George passed away on February 15, 1961.
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