The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 121 FITCH, Morris WWII Morris was born in Quill Lake, Saskatchewan in 1924. He joined the Army and served with the 14th Calgary Regiment of the Royal Canadian Tank Corps in Canada, England, North Africa, Sicily, and Italy where he was killed in action in 1943 at the age of nineteen. Morris was buried in Italy’s Agira Canadian War Cemetery. He never married. FLAATEN, Norvald Scotty Systrup WWII Norvald was born in Glenwood, Minnesota, USA on March 25, 1920. He came to Canada with his mother and joined his father in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Norvald joined the Army on August 28, 1941 and was discharged on January 24, 1946. He served in Kiska in the Aleutian Islands, in England, Normandy, Belgium, Holland, and was in Oldenburg, Germany when Armistice was declared. Norvald was a driver mechanic with the Queen’s Own Highlanders of Canada in the 2nd Division and 6th Brigade and had a part in the movie production “Commandos Strike at Dawn”, filmed in Victoria, BC before his deployment overseas. He married Helen Gawiuk in 1951, had two children, and was a social worker until his retirement. He traveled to Dieppe with his wife in 1992 during the 50th Anniversary of the Dieppe Raid with other Highlanders and South Saskatchewan Regiment veterans. Norvald received his 65year Life Membership pin from Weyburn Legion Branch 47. FOLL, Herman Paul WWII Herman was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1906 and came to Quill Lake, Saskatchewan in the 1930s. He was a motor mechanic in the Reserve Service, serving in Canada, England, and Western Europe. He married and had two children. Herman died in 1977 and was buried in Union Cemetery in Barrie, Ontario.
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