The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 157 IRWIN, Gordon Lloyd WWII Gordon was born in 1920 in Miami, Manitoba. He served overseas during the Second World War with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, later transferring to the Regina Rifles and being discharged with the rank of sergeant. He was a constable with the City of Winnipeg police department for eighteen years. He was a member of the Regina Rifles Association. Gordon passed away on August 15, 1967 and is buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens in Winnipeg, MB. JACOBSEN, James Arnold “Arnie” WWII Arnie was born in Pekin, North Dakota in 1921. He enlisted in the Army in 1943 and served in Egypt, Italy, France and Holland during the Second World War. He was in Germany just before returning home in 1945 to Speers, Saskatchewan. JAMES, Albert Douglas WWII Albert was born in 1920 at Nesbitt, Manitoba and grew up at Waldeck, Saskatchewan. He joined the Air Force at the age of nineteen as an aero mechanic during the Second World War. He took training at Moose Jaw, SK; Brandon Manning Depot; St. Thomas, ON and Mossbank, SK. He was a flight engineer on a PBY, searching for submarines and incendiary balloons at the coast of British Columbia, and assisted with escorting American ships to Alaska. He took pilot training at No. 7 SFTS McLeod, Alberta. In 1942, he was living at Portage la Prairie and Edmonton. In 1945, he left the Air Force and went into the reserves. He rejoined in 1952 and was a test pilot. Flight Lieutenant James took early retirement and joined the Federal Department of Transport as an Airways Accident Investigator. Albert passed away on March 3, 2006 in Ottawa.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTM0NTk1OA==