LEST WE FORGET 135 GARLICK, Edward WWI Edward was born on October 5, 1893, in Elkhorn, Manitoba to Walter and Alice (Mansfield) Garlick. His parents emigrated from England and settled near Elkhorn, Manitoba until moving to the Oak Knoll district near Rocanville, Saskatchewan. He was working as a farmer when he enlisted (with his brother) in Moosomin on December 28, 1914 with the 10th CMR. Like his brother, he was hospitalized with influenza on December 7, 1915 and German Measles on February 26, 1916. He was sent to France on May 22, 1916 with the 3rd Canadian Divisional Cavalry Squadron (16th Light Horse Unit) and received a Good Conduct Badge on December 28, 1916. Trooper Garlick received a gunshot wound to his right arm on July 10, 1917 and was awarded a Military Medal for bravery in the field on August 29, 1917. His name appeared in the London Gazette #30259 and the citation reads: “During the night July 8-9, 1917, Private Garlick was part of a party that exploded two Bangalore torpedoes on enemy wire and formed an opening through which raiding parties passed. The second torpedo was placed under heavy shell and machine gun fire from the enemy and although five of the party were wounded, the torpedoes were successfully exploded and the wire cut. This operation was essential in the success of the enterprise.” After being hospitalized in Shorncliffe, Private Garlick rejoined his unit on July 28, 1917. He and his brother Charlie took two leaves together to England. He was discharged on July 13, 1919. Ted married Harriet Graham, a teacher at Oak Knoll School) and they had one daughter in 1926 and one son in 1928 but both children died as infants. Ted passed away on December 4, 1980 in Nanaimo County, BC. GEROLAMY, John Milburn WWI John was born on July 6, 1895, in Greenway, Manitoba, the son of Benjamin and Sarah Jane (Craig) Gerolamy. He was a farmer when he enlisted on January 8, 1916 in Baldur, Manitoba with the 222nd Unit. He sailed from Halifax aboard the Olympic on November 14, 1916 and was appointed Lance Corporal on November 24, 1916 in Seaford. He went to France with the 1st CMR on April 15, 1917. Jack was hospitalized on November 9, 1917 with an aerial bomb wound in the right leg and spent time in a convalescent hospital. He received a Good Conduct Badge on March 18, 1918 and was promoted to Corporal on August 25, 1918. On September 3, 1918, he received a gunshot wound to the left lung and was invalided in hospital for 54 days (when Armistice was signed). Jack had served sixteen-and-a-half months in France and Belgium and was discharged on February 21, 1919. After returning to Canada, Jack purchased land in the Rocanville area and built a house. He married Myrtle I. Sinclair (in Greenway, Manitoba) and the couple raised three children, one girl and two boys, on their farm. They moved to town in 1936 and Jack served as postmaster in Rocanville for 27 years. The couple were involved in Legion, Masonic Lodge, and various other organizations. Myrtle passed away in 1947, and Jack remarried Marjorie (Madge) Blake (stepson Lynn). Jack passed away in December 1970 and is buried in Webster Cemetery in Rocanville.
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