The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 213 LARSEN, George WWII George was born in 1913 in Asquith, Saskatchewan. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served at No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School in Mossbank and in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan dismantling and storing airplane engines. After his discharge on August 15, 1945, George trained in welding and heavy machinery mechanics. He and his wife Bernice had three children and they remained in Moose Jaw. George died in 1974. LARSEN, Henry WWII Henry was born in Warman, Saskatchewan on June 5, 1920. He enlisted in Saskatoon on March 2, 1942 and was trained for army signals. He served with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals of the Second Canadian Infantry Division in the United Kingdom and Northwest Europe. Attached to an artillery Regiment, he went to France on July 6, 1944 to lay lines of communication from observation points. At war’s end, Henry was part of the police for German prisoners of war until another police force could be formed later. He returned to Canada in late October 1945 and left the service in Regina on November 30, 1945. After the war, he worked for the Massey Ferguson and J. I. Crane farm machinery companies. LAZENBY, James R. WWII James was born on November 18, 1915 at St. Boswells, Saskatchewan. He enlisted on December 27, 1942 and headed overseas with the Calgary Highlanders. Private Lazenby became sick while on embarkation leave and, following a month spent in hospital, was discharged on July 4, 1944 in Regina. He later found out that he had been ill due to food poisoning. After the war, James became a welder but had an accident in which a drum blew up. He lost an eye and suffered injuries to his nose and teeth. After working in different jobs, he went on compensation. James remarked that after the became a member of Regina Legion Branch 1, this helped get his warehouse job back as the employer had fired him while on compensation.
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