The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 233 PAUL, George WWI George was born in Sarnia, Ontario on April 24, 1884. He was farming in Alsask, Saskatchewan at the time of enlisting in Saskatoon on March 9, 1916. He served with 96th Battalion, 5th Battalion, 15th Battalion and Canadian Highlanders during the First World War. He was injured with fractured ribs on April 11, 1917, noting that his pocket watch saved his life. Later, he ended up being medically discharged from a fracture to his right leg on February 22, 1918 which impeded his movement and showing a shorter right leg. PAUL, John James WWI John was born in Sarnia, Ontario on January 7, 1877. He listed his occupation as a farmer from Alsask, Saskatchewan when he enlisted on Decemeber 30, 1914 in Saskatoon. He reached the rank of Lance Corporal after making a request to transfer from 1st C.M.R. to the Canadian Ordnance Corps during the First World War. He was discharged upon demobilization in January of 1919. John passed away on January 5, 1960. PEARCE, David “Dave” RCMP David Pearce, who was born in Montreal on October 7, 1937, began his association with the sport of softball in Regina when he was posted there with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and continued following his retirement from the force. Three groups in Regina that felt his administrative support were the Regina Minor Girls Softball League, A.C.T. Boys Softball, and Regina Gold Softball. David organized a series of clinics that served to improve the skill areas of the sport throughout the province. From 1990 to 1994, he served as the Canada Games coach for the province and conducted a series of coaching clinics throughout the province. He also coached the Regina boys’ team in the 1974 Saskatchewan Games. David has served softball throughout the world by conducting coaching clinics in Italy, Australia, Bahamas, USA, China, Japan, Central and South America. He, along with the 1983 Pan American Games gold medal team, was inducted in the Softball Canada Hall of Fame in 1997.
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