LEST WE FORGET 219 LINDAL, Walter Jacobson WWI Walter was born on April 22, 1887, in Haukagil, Iceland to Jakob (Hansson) and Anna (Hannesdottir) Lindal. Father, Jakob, came to Canada in 1887; and Anna with four young children, including baby Walter, came in 1888. They settled in Icelandic settlements in Manitoba and Saskatchewan including Churchbridge, Holar (Tantallon), Leslie and Wynyard. He was the fourth oldest in a family of twelve children. Walter studied law at university and belonged to the 105th Fusiliers in Saskatoon for two years prior to enlisting with the 223rd Battalion in Saskatoon on March 9, 1916. Walter is listed as a Captain on the 223rd Nominal Roll when it sailed from Halifax on the Justicia on May 3, 1917. He reverted to Lieutenant with the 27th Battalion being sent to France on September 1, 1917. On November 8, 1917, he was sent to the Casualty Station for treatment after being gassed at Passchendaele. After being hospitalized with pulmonary issues for several months, Walter was invalided back to Canada on sick leave in February 1918. He received treatment for tuberculosis at the Manitoba Sanatorium at Ninette, Manitoba and was discharged on October 15, 1919. By the end of World War I, an estimated 3,123 soldiers returned to Canada with tuberculosis. He married his fiancée, Jorunn Hinrikson (from Churchbridge) on April 20, 1918 in Winnipeg.Walter graduated from law and joined his wife in opening a law practice together in Winnipeg. They had two daughters, Anna Ruth (1925) and Elizabeth Jo (1929). Walter was made a Country Court Judge in 1942 and served out of the Minnedosa Court House until 1972. He was the author of several books, one of which was the history of Icelandic settlement on the prairies. His wife, a well-known social reformer, passed away in 1941. Walter was active in Manitoba politics and remarried Gwen Magnusson in 1950. He passed away on July 28, 1976 in Calgary. LINDSAY, Albert Thomas WWI Albert was born on October 1, 1895, in Renfrew County, Ontario to Allan John and Ellen (Anderson) Lindsay. There were nine children in the family. Albert was the fourth oldest of three boys and six girls. Albert came west around 1914 with older brother, Peter, and older sister, Elizabeth, who farmed three miles southwest of Rocanville. Albert was teaching school when he enlisted in Moosomin on March 21, 1916 with the 217th Battalion. Along with many others from the community, he left Halifax aboard the Olympic on June 2, 1917. In England, he was assigned to the 19th and the 15th Reserve. He went to France with the 46th Battalion on November 8, 1917. He was with the 4th Battalion Canadian Machine Gun Corp from May 2, 1918 to October 26, 1918. He was granted leave from October 26, 1918 to November 16, 1918. Albert received a Good Conduct Badge on February 1, 1919. He was discharged on June 16, 1919. His parents and younger sisters had moved west and were living in Moosomin. Albert took a teaching position at Eagle Creek, Excelsior and Perdue. He married Anna Evelyn Porter on December 21, 1926. The couple had three children, Stuart, Bruce and Loreen. Besides teaching, Albert was also a farmer. The family first farmed in Kinley, SK (near Perdue) and then moved to a farm east of Pleasantdale in 1937. Anna passed away in 1944 and Albert and his children continued to live on the farm. Albert died on March 30, 1977 and is buried at Pleasantdale Cemetery. Albert’s older brother, Ernest, who was also in World War I, was interred in the same plot and is remembered on the same grave marker.
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