The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 367 KALLIO, Alfred WWII Alfred Kallio was born at his family’s farm in the Qu’Appelle Valley in 1923. At age eighteen, he enlisted in the 101st Canadian Light AntiAircraft and served as a gunner with the 8th Canadian LAA in Canada, England, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Upon his release in 1946, Alfred was awarded the 1939-1945 France-Germany Star and the Defence Medal. After the Second World War, Alfred worked 37 years as a Section Foremen with the Canadian Pacific Railway in Tantallon, Hazelcliffe, Bear Creek, Churchbridge and Langenburg. After retirement, he moved to Outlook, Saskatchewan where he passed away on December 2, 2001, six years after a stroke left him paralysed. Alfred was also a trapper and a talented self-taught photographer. He travelled widely in Canada, the USA, Finland, the Philippines, Japan and Taiwan. Alfred joined the Royal Canadian Legion in Moosomin. NYGAARD, Harold Johansen WWII Harold was born on January 3, 1922. He took his basic training in Prince Albert and advanced training in Shilo, Manitoba. He was then sent to Worthington, England, and from there was with the allied forces in Normandy where he was wounded in the left hip. He served from 1942 to 1945 as an Infantryman with the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Harold passed away on September 11, 2007. READ, Victor Maxwell WWII Victor Maxwell Read was born on July 11, 1919 in Rocky Lake, Saskatchewan. He enlisted with the RCAF on May 18, 1940 and served as a sergeant in St. Thomas, Ontario; Mossbank, Saskatchewan; and Lethbridge and Penhold, Alberta. Victor Read received his discharge in 1945. He was an important member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 262, Outlook where he served as President and Poppy Chair for a number of years. Victor passed away on February 28, 2010. He and his wife Nellie enjoyed travelling widely in Canada. They are buried in the Outlook Cemetery.
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