LEST WE FORGET 75 BROWN, Charles WWI Charles Brown was born on October 8, 1882, in Collingwood, Ontario, to Henry and Joan (Reeves) Brown. Charles and his wife Elizabeth Annie (Baker) came to Outlook District in the spring of 1909, newly married (April 21) at Toronto. Charles had been out ‘west’ off and on for about ten years, the first time on a harvest expedition to the Qu’Appelle Valley in 1899. He built a livery barn in Outlook in 1908. The couple had three sons, all born in Outlook: Henry (1910), Edward (1912) and Lewis (1914). [Note: all three sons served in World War II.] Private Charles Brown enlisted, at the age of 33, in Outlook on December 8, 1915. He had previous military service as a sergeant with 40th Regiment in Cobourg, Ontario. At the time, he was a livery stable keeper and farmer. Like all members of the 128th Overseas Battalion, he trained at Camp Hughes. His battalion departed from Halifax on August 15, 1916. Charles served in France with the 20th Battalion and was wounded twice (April 1, 1918 - gunshot wound to his left thigh and October 11, 1918 - gunshot wound to right shoulder). He was also hospitalized after a gas attack. Following his discharge from hospital, he performed police duty near the front. Private Charles Brown received his official discharge in Regina on February 13, 1919. He returned to Outlook where he worked as school janitor until his retirement in 1945. The couple resided on McTavish Street. In 1946, he and Annie moved to Meaford, Ontario, where he died in Sunnybrook Hospital on May 24, 1974. Annie passed away in 1978. BULMER, Herbert Havelock WWI Herbert Havelock Bulmer was born on April 30, 1872, in Listowel, Ontario. He came west to Calgary in 1902 where he was employed as a baggage man with Canadian Pacific Railroads and later as manager at Pat Burns Ranch. On January 17, 1916, he enlisted with the 128th Overseas Battalion in Moose Jaw, at the age of 43. Previously, he had served three years with the Canadian Mounted Rifles, Calgary. Assigned to the 28th Battalion in France, he participated in the famous battle at Passchendaele where he suffered a serious shrapnel wound to his right arm and shoulder. He spent 121 days recovering in hospital. Declared ‘physically unfit’ because of the severity of his injuries, Herbert was discharged on November 20, 1918. For his service, he was awarded the Good Conduct Badge on May 4, 1918. The 1921 Census shows Herbert Bulmer living in Elbow where he resided for 25 years. He lived in the same household as his brother Goldwin Bulmer and mother Mary Jane Bulmer. Herbert Havelock Bulmer died on March 23, 1951, at the age of 74. He is buried in Soldiers Field at Saskatoon’s Woodlawn Cemetery.
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