LEST WE FORGET 101 DANKOWSKI (NEISMAN), Margaret Freda “Marg” WWII Marg was born on February 3, 1925, in Ardill, Saskatchewan. She was twenty when on June 5, 1943, she joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in Regina, Saskatchewan. Her 28 months in the Air Force were served in Canada. Marg was posted in Ontario in Guelph and Ottawa (Uplands Air Force Base), in Quebec at St. Hubert, in Moncton and Pennfield, New Brunswick and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. A brother, Gordon Neisman, also served and was sent overseas in October 1945. Marg was honourably released and transferred to the Reserve General Section Class E in October 1945. The Village of Mossbank, Saskatchewan honoured her on December 19, 1945 with a certificate of thanks for her “valiant part in keeping alight the torch of freedom”. Marg was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Pine Falls Branch 64 before she died on September 28, 2009. DAVIES, WilliamT. W. WWII William was born in Welwyn, Saskatchewan, in 1915. He enlisted in October 1940 with the Canadian Provost Corps serving in the United Kingdom. He was discharged in January 1946. William had been a member of Russell Branch 159 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 57 years before he passed away in 2007. DAVIDSON, John WWI John was born in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan in 1892, the son of Gunnlaugur and Margaret Davidson. John enlisted on April 17, 1917 in the 223rd Battalion in Winnipeg. He participated in battles at Passchendaele, Amiens, Arras, Cambrai, Valenciennes and Mons, returning to Canada in August 1919. He married Helga Oliver on April 23, 1924. They had four children: Frederick, Margaret Murphy, Thora Ball and John. John farmed immediately southwest of the town of Baldur until his death on February 23, 1956.
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