LEST WE FORGET 147 DAVIS, Edward Evans “Ed” WWI Ed was born on October 22, 1897, in Harriston, Ontario, to William Currie and Sarah Ellen (Nellie) (Gorrell) Davis. The Davis family came to Saskatchewan in 1905 and to the Prosperity district (near Rocanville) in 1910. Ed enlisted in the Army with the 217th Battalion in Moosomin on March 28, 1916. He left Halifax on June 2, 1917, aboard the Olympic. Ed served as a Signaller with the 60th Battalion arriving in France on August 22, 1917. As a signaller, he was trained in visual signalling as well as telephony and his duties included laying, maintaining, and repairing lines and cables. Private Davis received shrapnel wounds to his face at the Battle of Amiens on August 8, 1918. He was in convalescent hospitals for almost a month and was later discharged on June 28, 1919. Ed was one of the fifteen charter members who formed the Rocanville Branch of the Great War Veteran’s Association in 1923. He was a popular young man in Rocanville and was known for his wit and pranks. He was involved in a number of community groups including being manager of the hockey club. After helping his father in the garage for a number of years, Ed bought out Davis Motors in 1926 and continued to sell farm equipment, GM products and B.A. gas at the pumps. In 1928, Ed married Maggie Reavie and they had one daughter, Shirley. Maggie died in 1952. In 1955, he remarried Vera Overholt. Ed died in 1978 and he is buried at Webster Cemetery in Rocanville, SK. DAVIS, James Alvin “Jim” WWI Jim was born on June 28, 1893, in Harriston, Ontario. He was the secondborn son of William Currie and Sarah Ellen (Gorrell) Davis. The family came to Saskatchewan in 1905 and to the Prosperity district (near Rocanville) in 1910. Jim worked as a clerk in Regina. He enlisted in the Army on March 25, 1916. He left Halifax on September 11, 1916, aboard the Cameronia. He spent eleven months training in England and served in France as a gunner with the 60th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery from August 21, 1917, to January 21, 1919. He received a gunshot wound in September 1918. Jim was discharged on July 1, 1919, in Winnipeg after serving three years and 69 days. He married Miriam (Townie) and had two daughters, Margaret and Nora Mae. Jim passed away on July 8, 1970, at the Wascana Nursing Home in Regina. He is buried in Soldier’s Plot, Riverside Memorial Park.
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