LEST WE FORGET 207 JOHNSON, Donovan WWII Donovan was born on March 11, 1918. He joined the Army and landed in France in August 1944, where he hauled a light anti-aircraft gun and trailer of ammunition for the 8th Canadian Light Anti Aircraft 4th Division for a short time and then transferred to the 15th Canadian Field Regiment hauling more ammunition in France, Belgium and Holland until the end of the war. After the war, the Czechoslovakian government borrowed some of the army trucks and Donovan drove the first aid truck for the convoy of trucks through Cologne, Frankfurt, Nienberg, into Plzen, Czechoslovakia. Donovan went back to farming when he returned home. He received the 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, and 1939-1945 Defence Medal. Donovan passed away in Russell, Manitoba, on June 10, 1997, and was a member of the Russell Branch of The Royal Canadian Legion. JOHNSON, O. M. Mayo WWII Mayo was born in 1920. He enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force (LAC) in 1940 and served with the #7 Bombing and German School in Manitoba and was discharged in 1945. After the war, Mayo worked as a mechanic, married Ruth and they raised two children. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the War Medal 1939-1945. He passed away in 1964. JOHNSON, Norman John WWII Norman was born in Woodrow, Saskatchewan, on November 19, 1915. He joined the Air Force on March 23, 1942 and served in Canada. He took his youth training for air frame mechanic at Moose Jaw, Manning Depot at Brandon, TTS at St. Thomas, and was posted in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He received his discharge on September 28, 1945. He became a pressure welder for Saskatchewan Power and he and his wife, Evelyn, raised three sons and one daughter. Norman passed away on June 28, 2001, and had been a member of the Estevan Branch of The Royal Canadian Legion for 30 years.
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