Military Service Recognition Book

The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 281 MacLEAN, Hugh John William PEACETIME Hugh was born on November 13, 1925 in Elstow, Saskatchewan and he later served in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve during peacetime. He worked at the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in the composing room. Hugh died on April 16, 2006. MacMURCHY, Edward Douglas WWII Edward was born in Viscount, SK. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a Flying Officer with the #428 Ghost Squadron RCAF Bomb Aimer. Edward’s Halifax was shot down by a fighter and crashed near a potassium pit at Kalischacht, south of Ronnenberg, during a night raid on Hanover, Germany. He was killed on Sept 27, 1943 and is buried at Hamburg War Cemetery in Germany. A geo-memorial has been named in his honour in Saskatchewan: MacMurchy Lake, south of Porcupine Plain, at (63D6) 10-39-9-W2. MADSEN Mervin Leslie WWII Mervin was born in Mont Nebo, Saskatchewan in 1920. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a Leading Aircraftman in Canada during World War II.

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