The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 173 KLEMPP, Theodore WWI Theodore was born on November 10, 1888 in Grey Co., Ontario. He was homesteading by Ponteix, Saskatchewan when he enlisted in the Army on May 4, 1916 in Cadillac, SK. He was killed in action at Valenciennes on November 1, 1918 and is buried at Aulnoy Communal Cemetery in France. In 1917 he had suffered a severe gunshot wound to his right arm but later cleared for duty. Theodore served with the 229th and 46th Battalion during the First World War. KOLKE, Oscar WWII Oscar was born on October 19, 1919 on the farm seven miles south of Frobisher, fourth in the Leo Kolke family. His siblings were Elsi, Arnold, Helen, Elma, Ruth and Alice. When he was four years old, their house burned to the ground along with all their clothes and possessions except a foot pedalled organ. He attended grade school in the red brick south Frobisher School, graduating from the tenth grade in 1934. In 1935, he attended Frobisher High School graduating in the summer of 1937. He attended Regina Normal School in the 1940 to 1941 session. The classes were held in the Lakeview grade school because the regular Normal School was used as billets for the Air Force. After three months of teaching at Vineberg School, it was four years in the Army (artillery) during the Second World War from 1941 to 1946. In April 1945, he married Gwen King of Victoria, BC. After his discharge from the Army at Regina, they went to Winnipeg where he took the first year in engineering. He transferred to the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, graduating in 1949. He stayed one more year to get a Master of Applied Science Chemical Engineering degree before migrating to the United States in 1950. He works with DOW Chemical in the Unites States. He has two children, Dale and Caryn. His plan was to retire after 1979 and live on the coast of Washington State north of Seattle. KOSOWAN, Kevin Curtis PEACETIME & SPECIAL DUTY AREA Kevin was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on April 24, 1969. He joined the Army in September 1987 in Saskatoon. He served with the Patricia’s on several peacekeeping missions and tours of combat. He served in Cyprus, former Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Rwanda, East Timor, CFS Alert, Haiti, United Arab Emirates and three tours in Afghanistan. He received the Canadian Peacekeeping Medal, Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals for his honourable service.
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