LEST WE FORGET 197 HANSON, Alden Harry (Wood) RCMP Alden Harry Hanson was born on May 1, 1945, in Dinsmore. His parents were Harry Carl and Anna Rose (Leonard) Hanson. Alden worked at various jobs before joining the RCMP on March 14, 1968. After training, he was posted to “E” Division in British Columbia. Alden Hanson served 25 years with the RCMP in Cranbrook, Fernie and Vancouver. He took his discharge on April 21, 1975. However, he re-engaged with the RCMP on March 11, 1978 in Saskatoon and was posted to “F” Division, serving inYorkton, Kerrobert and Foam Lake before retiring on January 20, 1996. He and his wife Anne had two children, Jason and Jody. Alden Harry Hanson passed away at home on July 4, 1997 after a battle with cancer. He is buried in the Outlook Cemetery. HEBB, Harry Robert Burton WWII Harry was born in Consul, Saskatchewan, on September 16, 1918. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1938 and served in Canada, training aircrews in wireless operation. He married Muriel (Peggy) Lombard in 1942 and had two children, Judy and Allan. Harry went overseas in 1944 and served with the Military Government in Germany until 1949, then served as a military attaché in Washington until 1954. Until 1964, he had various postings across Canada and was in charge of the Radar Installations across Northern Canada. From 1964 to 1969, he served with NATO in Europe and retired from the service in 1979 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He started his own business as a locksmith in Port Colborne, ON, and retired in 1988. He passed away at the Foot Hills Hospital, Calgary, AB, in 1996 of inoperable brain cancer. HARVEY, Jack Arthur WWII RCAF Flying Officer Jack Arthur Harvey was born in Milden on April 21, 1924. His parents were Rufus Lee and Mary Alma (Bartsch) Harvey. Jack had a brother Lloyd and a sister Fay. As a young man he enjoyed hockey and softball. He also enjoyed making model aircraft. He was a high school student completing senior matriculation when he enlisted with the RCAF in Saskatoon on July 2, 1942. After basic training, he departed with his comrades from Halifax on June 30, 1943. As part of an eight-member crew, Pilot Jack Arthur Harvey took off in a Lancaster bomber at 22:56 hours on July 29, 1944, from RAF Station Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire on a bombing mission over Homberg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after it took off. The crash must have occurred in Europe over German controlled territory because a British officer was prevented by German soldiers from inspecting the crash site. All crew members were killed, including Jack who was 20 years old. The bodies of the crew members are buried in a row at Woensel General Cemetery, Eindhoven, Netherlands. Flying Officer Jack Harvey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, Alberta. In a tragic twist of fate, less than day after Jack’s death, his bother Lloyd was killed in an automobile accident on the way to Saskatoon from Milden.
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