LEST WE FORGET 163 EWERT, Alvin Wayne WWII Alvin was born in 1911 in Harvey, Kansas, United States. He moved to Carnduff in March 1914 and served in the Navy during World War II. Alvin died in 1973. FERGUSSON, Bert Young WWI Bert was born on December 24, 1886, in Melita, Manitoba to George and Barbara (Young) Fergusson. The family had six children and the parents and Bert, and his brother came to Rocanville around 1915. Bert was employed building railroads and put his occupation as “carpenter” when he enlisted on January 5, 1915, in Moosomin with the 10th CMR. He sailed to England on May 7, 1916, aboard the Olympic. After training, he went to France/Belgium on August 11, 1916, and was later transferred to the 4th Division Cavalry (March 15, 1917) and the Military Police on August 3, 1917. Corporal Fergusson was discharged on April 11, 1919, in Toronto. He married Violet Jenny Strong in Rocanville in 1923 and they had three children, Roy, Reta and Jack. They farmed south-east of Rocanville until moving to town and Bert worked as a carpenter and general contractor. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Rocanville Branch 20. Bert passed away in 1957 and is buried in Webster Cemetery in Rocanville. FALLIS, Roy Milton WWI Roy was born on April 7, 1890, to William Thomas and Florence Estelle (Holman) Fallis in Port River, North Dakota. His parents were born in Ontario and his father ran several men’s clothing stores in Manitoba. Roy was the eldest of four children and the family moved to Rocanville in 1907. Roy farmed in the Prosperity district and was doing carpentry work in Edmonton when he enlisted on February 3, 1916, in NewWestminster, BC with the 121st Battalion. He left Halifax on August 14, 1916, aboard the Empress of Britain and arrived in England on August 24, 1916. He spent six months training in Canada and spent the next eighteen months in England. Roy wound up in the casualty unit due to epithelioma on his lip and tachycardia (cleft palate). He had surgery on his lisp (November 1917) but the cleft palate markedly interfered with his use of the latent gas helmet so he could not serve in France. Roy was discharged on March 13, 1918. He was one of the original fifteen charter members of the Rocanville Branch 20 of The Great War Veterans Association. Roy passed away at the Shaughnessy Hospital in Vancouver, BC on June 15, 1960, and he is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Burnaby, BC.
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