LEST WE FORGET 271 MORRISON, Wesley Kenneth WWII Wesley was born on January 1, 1915 to Alexander and Margaret Morrison. They farmed north of Carlyle, and Wesley attended Mountain Valley School and Carlyle High School. After school, he joined the Royal Winnipeg Rifles of the Canadian Army in 1943 and trained as a Rifleman. He was captured during the Normandy Invasion. On June 8, 1944, the Germans took him out of the prison compound and shot him. MORTON, David Samuel WWI David was born in Springbrook, Ontario, on May 29, 1881. He worked as a barber and listed Conquest, Saskatchewan, as his address when he enlisted at age 34 in Winnipeg on February 18, 1916 with the 78th Battalion of Canadian Expeditionary Force. Arriving overseas on The Empress of Britain on May 20, 1916, he served fifteen months in France. He was gassed twice, once at Passchendaele on October 30, 1917 and again on January 14, 1918. He also suffered gunshot wounds to his right hand, back and thigh. David was transported to Lakenham Military Hospital in Norwich to recover and was sent home to Canada where he received his discharge in Regina on April 16, 1918 at the age of 38 years, eight months. He and his wife, Harriet, farmed until 1942 when he became Postmaster in Glenside. David passed away in May 1949 and is buried in the Glenside Cemetery. MORTENSON, John “Ward” WWII Ward was born on a farm west of Duval, Saskatchewan, on September 18, 1922. He spent his entire life farming in the Govan/Duval area except for his military service in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) during World War II. He enlisted in 1942 and was discharged in 1945. Ward returned to the farm in the Govan area after the war. In 1946, he married Shirley Quenett. Over the years, four children were born to this union. Ward passed away on September 24, 2015.
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