The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 379 WILSON (CLARK), Terry Linette PEACETIME Terry was born on January 25, 1958 in Bienfait, Saskatchewan to Duane and Shirley Clark. She attended school at Frobisher, Bienfait and Estevan, graduating in 1976. She attended Air Cadets at Oxbow for four years. She received the Archery Trophy in 1973 and the Most Proficient Girl Cadet Trophy in 1976. She did her basic training at Cornwallis, her trade training at Kingston and then was posted to Lowther, Ontario and then to Penhold, Alberta. Her trade in the Armed Forces is a radio technician. She married Robert Wilson on October 28, 1978 at Alsask Airbase. They reside in Oxbow, Saskatchewan and have three children: Pam, Blair and Trevor. WOOD, Douglas McCrone WWII Douglas was born on February 26, 1921 on a farm in Verwood, Saskatchewan. He joined the South Saskatchewan Regiment in Weyburn, SK, later joining the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry. He was stationed in Shilo, MB during the Second World War. He held the rank of sergeant and he trained soldiers in Arm to Arm Combat and weapons used. When the war was over, he returned to the train station in Assiniboia, SK with many other soldiers. His son Douglas Jr. remembers his dad arriving. Doug Jr. recognized him from pictures his Mom had shown him. His father lifted him up on his shoulders and gave him cookies from his pack sack. Doug Jr. felt these were the best cookies he had ever eaten. Douglas was a milkman in Assiniboia. He then went to work at the Court House with the government. He was a very good friend of Tommy Douglas as they had served together and they stayed friends until Tommy passed away. He was married with three sons. Doug passed away in February 2011 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Assiniboia. Douglas was a member of the Assiniboia Branch of The Royal Canadian Legion for 75 years. WOOD, Robert William WWI Robert was born in Dudley, England on October 5, 1893. He immigrated to Canada in 1906, homesteading in Verwood, SK. He joined the 68th Battalion in Regina, SK on September 9, 1915. He served in Canada, England and France during the First World War. During training, he slipped on some ice and severely dislocated his ankle. He was given a medical discharge on January 31, 1916. Still wanting to participate in the war, he returned home and then travelled to Scotland. Arriving in Aberdeen, he joined the Gordon Highlanders of the 51st Highland Division in March 1916. While in Aberdeen, he met his future wife and married her in May 1916. In June 1916, he was sent to France and right into the Battle of the Somme. In early 1918, his ankle gave out and he was sent to England where he worked for the British Army in a Labour Company. In 1919, he returned to Canada on a Canadian Troop Ship. He returned to Scotland to bring his War Bride home to the farm in Verwood, SK. They had two sons and two daughters. In 1930 they moved to Assiniboia where he worked at the Court House for 25 years. In later years he wrote his biography telling many stories about the Battle of the Somme and the War. Robert passed away in 1977 and is buried in the Assiniboia Cemetery.
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