The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 61 DAVIES, Oscar Gray WWI Oscar was born in 1895 to William and Elizabeth Eleanor Davies, in Porthmadog, North Wales, United Kingdom. He joined the Army and served as a Private with the 44th Battalion in the Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment). Oscar was killed in action on October 22, in 1917 at the age of twenty-three and he is commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. DAWES, Arthur Edwin “Art” WWI Arthur was born to Harry and Rose Dawes on September 2, 1896 in Pormondeey, London, England, later working on the family farm in Plunkett, SK. His mother died when he was young and his dad raised the five boys. Arthur married Nellie Bloss and raised two girls on the farm. He joined the Army on March 10, 1916 in Lanigan, SK, served in the machine gun corps and was wounded in France that same year. He retired from farming for health reasons in 1942 and went to Saskatoon, SK where he worked at the Air Force Base. He then moved to Toronto, ON then Vancouver, BC. He married Annie (Bloss) McWillie before finally moving back to Naicam, Saskatchewan to live. His daughter Phoebe joined the Navy in WWII. Arthur died on September 11, 1980. DAWES, Roy “Walter” WWII Roy was born in Plunkett, Saskatchewan in 1927 and he went to school at the Eltham country school. His cousin, Phoebe Dawes, was also in the military. Roy’s family moved to North Vancouver, BC in the early 1940s. Roy joined the Army and served in World War II. After the war, he was employed by a dairy where he worked for many years.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTM0NTk1OA==