LEST WE FORGET 209 JOHNSON, Paul Martin WWII Paul was born on April 25, 1910 in Debuc, Saskatchewan. He homesteaded near Snowden in 1927 and he worked on the Nipawin Bridge. He served in the Army from 1942 until 1946 in Canada, England and Europe. He received the 1939-1945 Star and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. He returned to farming after the war. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Snowden Branch 205 for 43 years. Paul passed away on August 14, 1988. JUDD, Samuel Pennie WWI Private Samuel P. Judd was born in Hamilton, Ontario, on June 16, 1878. He was married to Florence Annie Judd. He enlisted in the Army at age 37 on January 15, 1916 in Outlook, Saskatchewan, and was a member of the 128th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. At the time of his enlistment, he was declared fit for service. However, he was declared medically unfit and received a discharge on July 31, 1917. The illness, inflammatory rheumatism, was determined to be “due to service” and was severe enough that the medical examiner noted that Samuel Judd “cannot drill or do physical exercises.” Samuel passed away on March 16, 1941 and is buried in the Outlook Cemetery. JOHNSTONE, Herbert R. “Herb” WWII Herb was born in 1901 in Dumfrieshire, Scotland. He came to Canada at an early age and settled in the Wordsworth area in Saskatchewan, where he took up farming. When the Second World War broke out, he enlisted in the Westminster Regiment and served as a Sapper. After being discharged, he worked as an elevator agent at Freemantle - between Carlyle and Arcola. After retirement, he moved to Prince Albert, and then in later years, he was in the DVA home in Saskatoon. Herb passed away on May 28, 1971.
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