LEST WE FORGET 95 CRUICKSHANK, John “Jack” WWI John Cruickshank was born in Parkhill, Ontario, on March 18, 1892. He was living on the family farm near Macrorie at the time of his enlistment in Saskatoon on December 10, 1915 at the age of 23. He was a member of the 45th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. He embarked for duty from Halifax aboard the Empress of Britain and was stationed in Bramshott, UK, until his deployment to France where he suffered injuries at the Somme on November 10, 1916. Like his brother Wes, who was also injured in France, John had to be sent back to Canada to convalesce in hospitals in both Regina and Moose Jaw. His injuries prevented him from continuing to serve and he was discharged on August 20, 1917. He and his wife, Ivy Gladys Cruickshank, were living in Saskatoon when John died suddenly in 1968. CURRELL, Ernest Arthur WWI Ernest Arthur Currell was born in Benson, Oxfordshire, England, on September 18, 1895. He arrived in Outlook in the spring of 1913, where he worked in construction and at a flour mill until 1914. Four days after World War I started, Ernest enlisted in Humboldt, SK. He was transferred to Valcartier, Quebec, where he trained with a little-known branch of the Armed Forces, the Canadian Corp of Cyclists Battalion. Ernest served nine months on the front in France, beginning on March 27, 1916. He and his comrades specialized in signalling, traffic control, range-finding, sapping, mining, listening stations, and as battalion runners and dispatch riding officers. Ernest was injured by gunshot wounds on September 15, 1916. In total, he served four years and one month before his discharge in Regina on January 10, 1919. He married Sophie Hart and they had two daughters. He worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway and as a caretaker at a bank in Outlook. Ernest passed away in 1986 and is buried beside his wife in the Outlook Cemetery. CRUICKSHANK, John Reid WWII John was born in 1915 in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan. He enlisted with the Royal Canadian Artillery in England and Europe until his discharge. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Foam Lake Branch for forty years. John passed away in 2002.
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