The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 419 RUSZKOWSKI, Stanley WWII Stanley was born in Poland in 1924. He joined the Canadian Army and served with the 1st Division in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Continental Europe and Germany. Stanley was a member of Prince Albert Legion Branch 2 for twenty-three years before he passed away in 2009. SAMPSON, John WWII John was born in Davidson, Saskatchewan in 1922. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy and attended technical school in Toronto in 1942 to take a radar course. As a civilian instructor, he was then sent to Portage la Prairie in Manitoba where he taught students “directional finding” with radar. In March 1945, Royal Canadian Air Force training was stopped because the military recognized that the war would soon be over. John joined the Merchant Navy and went aboard the S.S. Hyland Park in Vancouver where the ship sailed for Australia on May 8, 1945. They picked up a cargo of oats and timber in Port Alberni then went on to Oakland, California where the deck was loaded with fighter planes bound for Australia for use in the Pacific War. By the time the ship arrived at its destination, the war in the Pacific was over. John celebrated VJ Day (the end of the war in the Pacific) in Sydney, Australia on August 15, 1945. John was a member of Davidson Legion Branch 51 for forty-two years before he passed away in 1996. SAMPSON, Louis Kenneth “Ken” WWII Ken was born in Davidson, Saskatchewan in 1918. He enlisted in the Army in June 1941, took his basic training in Saskatoon then was moved to Hamilton, Ontario to learn a trade in heavy-duty mechanics at the Army Trades School. He finished his course in March 1942, was moved to Camp Borden, Ontario then went to England in June 1942 where he was attached to the 14th Armoured Tank Battalion, Calgary Regiment, as a Corporal and N.C.O. Ken and the Calgary Regiment were sent to Sicily and Italy in June 1943 where he fought many battles while fighting a severe attack of malaria, as malaria casualties were high. He also was afflicted with jaundice and dysentery, all taking a toll on his health. In March 1944, the Calgary Regiment moved through France, Belgium and Holland where they continued fighting until the German Forces surrendered on VE Day, May 8, 1945. Ken returned to Davidson in December 1945 and was discharged in January 1947. He was a member of Davidson Legion Branch 51 for thirty years before his death in 1979.
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