The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 115 FIDELAK, Paul WWII Paul was born in 1920 to Walter and Mary Fidelak in Masklinbera, Schwerin, Germany. The family came to Canada in 1926 and farmed in Saskatchewan’s Kuroki area. He joined the Army and was in active service for four and a half years, serving in France, Germany, Belgium, and at the liberation of Holland with the Lake Superior Regiment. He was awarded the France and Germany Star and the Liberation of Groningen Scroll. He also received the Thank You Canada Medal from Holland when he attended the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Holland with his wife, Marie Pawluk, whom he married in 1945 after he returned home. They have three children, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Paul was an ardent community worker and a Sergeant-at-Arms and Life Member of RCL Wadena Branch 62. FIGLEY, Lorne W. WWII Lorne was born January 22, 1924 at Sanctuary, SK. He enlisted in November 1942 and served with No. 664 Air Observation Post Squadron, whose members were half RCAF and half Canadian Artillery (RCA). This squadron had RCA officers trained as pilots, gunners handling the signals between the pilot and the guns on the ground, and RCAF ground staff servicing the planes. Lorne was a driver-operator manning a wireless vehicle which transmitted signals from air observation spotters aloft to gun positions on the ground. He served in the United Kingdom and Northwest Europe and left the service on April 9, 1946 as a Private. Since the war, he has qualified as a journeyman in a number of trades (accounting, air conditioning, gas fitting, plumbing and sheet metal work) and operates his own business in mechanical contracting. Lorne married and raised two sons and one daughter. FILSON, David Harry WWII Harry was born February 28, 1920 in Woodrow, SK. He enlisted in Saskatoon in March 1942 while studying at the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) but the Army didn’t immediately need engineers so he went back to complete his degree. He returned to the Army as a Sapper, was sent to officers training, was commissioned and became 2 i/c motor transport for the Pacific region. He investigated accidents and claims which took him to Washington, DC on an investigation. Still wanting to go overseas, he and other young officers volunteered and trained for the infantry and were ready for the Pacific when the war ended. He left the service as a Lieutenant in February 1946 then took his Masters of Science in Engineering at U of S. He worked with International Nickel Company in Sudbury, ON then Saskatchewan Research Council in Saskatoon and lectured at the College of Engineering at the University. Harry married, had four sons and one daughter, remained active in sports and arranged the branch curling playoffs.
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