LEST WE FORGET 55 AUPPERLE, John Henry WWI J. H. Aupperle was born on May 8, 1895, in Adair, Iowa, USA. His father was John M. Aupperle. The family lived on a farm in Keeler, Saskatchewan. John was a firefighter before he enlisted in the military. He enlisted on March 29, 1916. He joined the 128th Battalion in Moose Jaw. He was a Private and served for 11 ½ months with the 128th Battalion. He was discharged on demobilization and entitled to wear two gold casualty stripes: August 5, 1917 and June 27, 1918. He was 24 years old with two gunshot wounds on the back and neck. He survived the gunshot wounds. One penetrated his neck. Luckily, it hit him right below the left ear and right above his vertebrae and he survived. He was granted leave from January 6, 1919 to January 21, 1919. He was entitled to wear three blue chevrons to state his rank.When he returned home, his family was ecstatic to see him. He married and had a family. His granddaughter, Geraldine (Aupperle) Kalmakoff, said: “He said he couldn’t watch any war movies because it brought back too many horrible memories about being trapped and under fire. The trenches were the worst because during many of the rainstorms, the trenches would fill with mud, you would be up to your thigh trudging through the mud often tripping over other fallen soldiers.” He did not like loud noises and was incredibly quiet. She said he did not like saying even a single word about the war because he did not want to relive that memory. He survived for many years after the war ended and had to get his leg amputated due to gangrene. In old age, he could not hear out of his left ear even with a hearing aid. He was married to Myra Frood and they had five children: four boys, Hugh, Jack, Lloyd, Reg and one girl, Beatrice. BADGER, Archibald WWI Archibald Badger enlisted in Outlook on December 18, 1916, at the age of nineteen. He was farming at the time. He was born to Aaron William and Agnes Badger in Carman, Manitoba on June 26, 1897, a younger brother to Earl William who also fought in World War I. He was living in Conquest at the time of his enlistment. He served with the 249th Battalion until his discharge in the City of Moose Jaw in February 1919. His service record indicates that his service was in Canada. Archibald married Evelyn Isabell Leckie on December 24, 1941 in Winnipeg. The couple moved to Seattle where Archibald was a salesman for G&H Distributors. He died suddenly on March 28, 1955 and is buried in EvergreenWashelli Memorial Park. At the time of his passing, he was survived by his wife and two sisters.
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