The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 203 KOPF, Paul WWII Paul was born on November 6, 1924 in Melville, Saskatchewan. He enlisted in January 1943 in Regina and served in the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment and the South Saskatchewan Regiment in the United Kingdom, Northwest Europe and Italy where he recalls his regiment going through three canals with water up to their arm pits. The Germans counter attacked and his unit had to retreat back to the canals and dig in. Help came two days later but ten soldiers had trench feet and had to be sent to hospital in southern Italy. Paul spent Christmas 1944 in hospital but returned to his unit in January. Lance Corporal Kopf left the service in Regina in January 1946 and went on to work as a bricklayer, business agent for the bricklayers union and a caretaker. He taught Sunday school, played baseball and coached Little League baseball and hockey. Paul married and had a son and a daughter. KOROLUK, John CADETS John was born on December 22, 1922 in Hyas, Saskatchewan and he served in the Cadet Corps at Sturgis where he was a teacher. He took his Bachelor of Education degree at the University of Saskatchewan and was a teacher for 36 years, starting with a rural school then to Stornoway, Rama, Preeceville and Sturgis where he stayed for 27 years. While there, he served for 16 years on the town council and 10 years as the mayor of Sturgis. John began as assistant leader of the Cadet Corps and held the leadership for several years. He was a member of Sturgis Legion Branch 302 and Nutana Legion Branch 362 after he moved to Saskatoon. KOSTYNIUK, Nicholas “Nick” WWII Nick was born in May 1922 at Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan. He enlisted on February 20, 1943 and served in the United Kingdom in the Royal Canadian Army’s heavy artillery. His unit also guarded the airport at Oldenburg during the occupation of Germany. Bombardier Kostyniuk left the service in Regina in September 1946. Before enlisting, Nick had worked with Intercontinental Packers in Saskatoon and after the war, he returned to his meat processing job. He married and had one son and two daughters.
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