The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 53 BARR, George WWII George was born in Tugaske in 1917. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force on January 2, 1942 as a wireless (radio) mechanic and trained in Moose Jaw, Lachine and Montreal. On May 8, 1945 (VE Day), Leading Aircraftman George Barr and all service personnel were confined to barracks in Moncton, New Brunswick because there was a riot at Halifax and the military didn’t want any more troop involvement. Following VE Day, George spent seven days on board ship in Halifax Harbour because the military brass couldn’t sort out the red tape to keep the troops in Canada. He finally sailed on HMCS Athlone Castle for England where he worked at construction and farm jobs for nine months before returning home on HMCS Mauritania. He was discharged on May 5, 1946. George was a member of Davidson Legion Branch 51 for forty years before he died in 1998. BARR, George WWII & KOREA & SPECIAL DUTY AREA George was born on the home farm near Bangor, Saskatchewan on February 21, 1925. He joined the Army in 1943 and served with Lord Strathcona’s Horse in WWII. He also served in Korea, was posted to Rajah, Egypt for a year patrolling the Israel-Egypt frontier under the UNEF, and was in Germany for three years during the “Cold War”. He achieved the rank of Captain. George was with NORAD as a Federal Warning Officer and in Vietnam as an investigator and observer with the International Commission which oversaw prisoner exchanges and investigated atrocities by any concerned. He was also posted to Israel. After 35 years in the military, George retired to Kelowna where he still lives and has been a member of Kelowna Legion Branch 26. George was decorated by the Governor General of Canada at Government House in Ottawa with the Order of Military Merit for an “outstanding display” of bringing credit to the Canadian Armed Forces and to the Commission in Vietnam. This is in addition to his twelve other Medals. BARRNEY, Delbert WWII Delbert joined the Canadian Army in 1941 and served in Europe during World War II. He was discharged in 1945.
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