The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 77 CHRESTENSEN, Aksel Nicholas WWII Aksel was born in Denmark in 1911 and was living in Loreburn, Saskatchewan when he enlisted in the Canadian Army in Regina on December 29, 1943. He served as a Sapper with the Royal Canadian Engineers during the Second World War and was stationed at Vedder Crossing, British Columbia and Hamilton, ON before being discharged in 1946. He returned to Loreburn and reopened the garage he had closed up for the duration of his service. He later became administrator of the village. He was a member of Loreburn/Elbow Legion Branch 251. Aksel passed away in 2003. CLINE, Peter James WWII Peter was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1919. Peter grew up on the family farm in Zelma, SK. After graduating from the University of Saskatchewan in April 1941 with a diploma in Agriculture, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He arrived in England around Christmas time in 1941. He was stationed first in Ireland and then in Scotland with the Royal Canadian Air Force Radar Squadron. In 1942, when the Royal Air Force asked for volunteers to go to the Middle East, Peter volunteered. Because the Suez Canal was occupied by the Germans, the troop ship they were on had to go all the way around the west coast and up the east coast of Africa to get to Egypt, a journey of two months. Peter spent a total of two years in Africa. Most of that time he was stationed in South Africa where he worked as a radar technician on planes patrolling up and down the coast looking for German U-boats. Following his return to Britain in August 1944, Peter met a young Scottish soldier named Margaret Bell. They were married in February 1945. He was stationed in Iceland for the remainder of the war, returning home to Canada in September 1945. He was an active member of The Royal Canadian Legion Young-Zelma Branch 358 and in 2006 was awarded Lifetime Membership. Peter passed away in 2013. COLES, Harmon Leigh WWI Harmon was born in Eleneger, Prince Edward Island on September 10, 1889. He was living as a farmer in Craven, Saskatchewan when he enlisted in the Army on May 30, 1966 in Regina. He served with the 46th Battalion during the First World War. He was killed in action in France on February 13, 1918 and is buried at Sucrerie Cemetery in Ablain-SaintNazaire in France.
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