The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 357 ROHN, Henry WWII Henry was born and raised in Viscount, Saskatchewan and went to school there. He joined the Army and served in World War II. His twin, William, also joined up. ROHN, William F. WWII William was born in Viscount, Saskatchewan and that’s where he took his schooling. He and his twin brother, Henry, joined the Army and served during World War II. Their dad was a machinist and an inventor. William’s poem, “To a Buddy Killed in Action”, can be found in Viscount’s Footprints of Time, Volume I. ROPER, Albert George “Bert” WWII Bert was born on January 1, 1920 in Coventry, England and came with his family to Plunkett, Saskatchewan in 1926. He took his schooling at Badger School, north of Plunkett, and he helped his dad farm before he enlisted in the Saskatoon Light Infantry. His three brothers, Ernest, Reginald and Jim, enlisted as well as his two first cousins, Ronald and Thomas Roper. Bert then joined the Canadian Armoured Corps, serving as a Trooper in Italy with the Lord Strathcona Horse (Royal Canadians) of the 2nd Armoured Regiment. He was killed in action at Rimini on September 1, 1944 and is buried at Montecchio War Cemetery, Montelabbate, in Pesaro, Italy. A geo-memorial is named in his honour: Roper Island in Daly Lake, Saskatchewan, located at (74A5) 56o 32’ 105o 37’.
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