LEST WE FORGET 79 BRIDGES, Richard James Baskerville “Dick” WWII & KOREANWAR Richard was born on June 10, 1922, in Semans, Saskatchewan, the son of Frank George and Maude Harriet Bridges. His father was a grain buyer when the family later moved to Outlook. Dick, as he was known, took most of his schooling in Outlook. He served with the Royal Canadian Navy for 26 years, during both World War II and the Korean War. While serving aboard HMCS Crescent, he sailed up the Yangtze River to safeguard Canadian interests during the Chinese civil war. He also served aboard the HMCS Naden, HMCS Ontario, HMCS Assiniboine and HMCS Ottawa. After retiring from the RCN, Richard worked for the British Columbia Government for seventeen years. He and his wife Evelyn Alice had four children: Alana Jay, Glenda, Michael and Cori. Evelyn died on July 13, 1996; Richard passed away in Victoria, BC, on March 2, 1998. BROWN, Elmer WWII Elmer was born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan, the fourth of seven children of Roy and Elizabeth (Reed) Brown, pioneers of the Highton District. At the beginning of World War II, Elmer was employed at No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan as foreman of maintenance crew for the training planes, having previously obtained his A&C Air Engineer’s license at the Saskatoon Airport. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943, receiving his training as Wireless Navigator in Toronto, Ontario; Calgary, Alberta and L’Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, graduating in 1944. He then returned to Calgary to marry his gal, Edith, whom he had met the year earlier. In 1946, after Elmer’s discharge, they returned to the family farm in Hughton, Saskatchewan where they raised their six children. BROWN, Douglas K. “Doug” WWII Doug Brown was born on the family farm in Hughton, Saskatchewan on November 23, 1919. He joined the 67th L.A.A. Battery in Rosetown, Saskatchewan in June 1941 and on November 10 of the same year was on his way overseas from Petawawa, Ontario. Doug arrived home from the war on September 13, 1945.
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