The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 341 PONGRACZ, Michael “Mike” WWII Mike was born in Plunkett, Saskatchewan. He attended school there and when he got older, worked on farms around the area. He joined the Army and served overseas in World War II. Mike’s three brothers Joe, Frank and Jim, also enlisted. After the war, he came back and lived in Ottawa, ON where he sold insurance. He and his wife moved to Barry, ON then later to Riverside, California where he continued to sell insurance. POTTS, George WWI George joined the Army and served in World War I. George farmed in Saskatchewan’s Viscount district and he was a councillor for the Rural Municipality from1919-1922. POTTS, Harvey WWII Harvey was born on January 3, 1919 in Plumas, Manitoba. His father was a stationagent so the familymoveda lot. He tookmost of his schoolingatMelfort and finished at Meacham. Harvey was taking a calligrapher course with the CanadianNational Railway before enlisting in theRoyal CanadianAir Force in 1941and training as aWirelessAir Gunner. He served as a Flying Officer with theBritish, CanadianandAustralianAir Forcesandwasawarded theCanadian Volunteer Service Medal and the African Star. After his discharge in 1945, he became a station agent and worked at various points in Saskatchewan. He raised two daughters with his wife, Fern Stensrud, and he enjoyed hockey, baseball, golf andweekends at the cabin. Harvey has been amember of RCL SaskatoonBranch363 formore than fifty years andhe lives at theSherbrooke Nursing Home in Saskatoon.
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