LEST WE FORGET 69 BISCHOP, Russell WWII Russell was born in Dunleath, Saskatchewan on November 28, 1920. He enlisted in the Air Force on May 20, 1940 as an Aero Engine Mechanic, mostly on the East Coast during World War II. The unit followed the convoys for protection, flew floatplanes (Stranraer) which had three Gunners and carried bombs and delivered floatplanes from the East Coast to Vancouver Island. Russell was discharged in August 1945. He farmed, was a Contract Manager with Matheson Brothers Construction for Yorkton Regional High School, Composite High School, Columbia, Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Infrastructure in Churchill, Manitoba. Russell married Sylvia Bartley in 1943 and they had four boys. He rebuilt a Cornell Training Plane and flew it to Moose Jaw in 1991. He was a seventy-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 77. Russell passed away in 2016. BRADSHAW, James Douglas Haig “Jim” WWII Jim was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, on January 16, 1917 and grew up in the Milden-Rosetown area. He joined the Army Medical Corp and served in Canada and England during World War II. Upon his discharge, he took up pharmacy at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1948, he moved to Herbert, SK, and spent 21 years in a drug store there. He and his wife, Toni, had three children. He retired to Saskatoon and finally Elbow, SK. Jim passed away in 1994. BODNARYK, Fred WWII Fred was born in 1921 in the Hampton District of Saskatchewan. He enlisted in the Army in 1943 and took his basic and advanced training in Victoria and Vancouver, BC, where he worked Guard Duty at the Lions Gate Bridge, ammo dump. He then worked with the B-4 Army at the Claybank Dominion Fire Brick and Clay Company for 36 cents/hour. He was drafted overseas but was not called. He then worked at the ammo factory in Hamilton, Ontario, until his discharge in 1943. He returned to farming in the Hamton, Saskatchewan district which he worked at until his retirement. Fred married Elsie Mozilisky and had a son and daughter. He had been an active member of the communities where he lived, serving on the Municipal Council and after moving to Yorkton, had volunteered with the Heart and Stroke, Cancer and Sunrise Health. He raised the most money in Canada for the Alzheimer’s Society. He was a 45-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Alexander Ross Branch 77 in Yorkton. Fred passed away in 2017.
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