The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 277 LAFOND, Albert “Bert” WWII & KOREA Bert was born on the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation on January 29, 1925. At the age of 17, he went to the Dundurn Army Camp and at age 18, Bert joined the Canadian Army. He was assigned to the Westminster Regiment when they went to Italy and later to Holland. In 1950, Bert joined the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and was deployed to Korea with the United Nations Peacekeeping Corps. He returned from Korea in 1952 as Lance Corporal and again returned home to Muskeg Lake. He married Alpha Venne and raised six children. Bert joined The Royal Canadian Legion and attended meetings at the local branch in Leask, Saskatchewan. Due to ill health, he moved from the Muskeg Lake Indian Reserve into the Wheatland Lodge in Leask in 1999. He passed away on October 19, 2003. Bert was awarded the 1939-45 Star, the Italy Star, the France and Germany Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, the War Medal 1939-45, the Korea Medal, the United Nations Service Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea. LAFONTAINE, Hyacinthe Joseph WWI & WWII Hyacinthe was born in 1895 in Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. He served in the Army in Europe during World War I and World War II. Hyacinthe passed away in 1967. LAFONTAINE, Léo WWI Léo was born in Lestock, Saskatchewan. He joined the Royal Canadian Army during World War I and was killed in action at the age of 17.
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