The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 17 AMOS, Gordon WWII Gordon was born in Oxbow, Saskatchewan in 1917. During World War II, he joined the 18th Battery of the Royal Canadian Army and went overseas in August 1940 with the 2nd Anti-tank Regiment, 2nd Canadian Division. He spent four years in England and one year in France, Holland, Belgium, and Germany. On June 9, 1945, Gordon married Olive Varlow before returning to Canada with his regiment in August of that year. He took up residence on the family farm where Olive joined him in May 1946, and they remained there until 1961 at which time the family moved to Redvers where Gordon opened a barber shop, retiring in 1996. He was a member of Redvers Legion Branch 293 for sixty-one years before he passed away on February 25, 2006. ANDERSON, Arthur WWII Arthur was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and attended Valley Plain School. He joined the Royal Canadian Army and served as a Sapper with the 9th Field Engineers in Canada, England, Holland, France, Belgium and Germany. Arthur, who was married, died in 1987 and is buried in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. ANDERSON, John WWII John was born in the Sigstad School Division of Saskatchewan and came to Clair in 1916. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served in Canada as a Leading Aircraftman and Bomb Armourer. John was married. He died in 1999 and is buried in Memorial Gardens in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
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