Wednesday, November 7, 2012
THE STETTLER INDEPENDENT REMEMBRANCE DAY
Page C7
REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS WE REMEMBER
Village of Donalda 403-883-2345 Donalda & District Veterans John Keefer Brennen
438 Squadron RCAF Killed in Action, Normandy 1944
Medical Corp First World War
Lieutenant Edward Patrick Johnson
Nick Wolowidnyk
Malcolm “Mac” McMillan
Cpl. Anthoné J. McGee
Army Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment 1941 to 1945 - Second World War Ortona, Italy
Served in First World War 1914 to 1918
Fall of 2005 to Spring 2006 Afghanistan Army Enlisted 1992 to present
F/L Douglas Sharpe
Daniel Clarence Daniels
Major Leonard Jack Smith CD
Trooper Herb Fox
LAC Vern Fox
168 Squadron RCAF Missing between Morocco and Azores 1944
Army 1914 to 1918 Europe
RCAC 1951 to 1966 Korea - 1953
Second World War 1942 to 1946
Second World War
William Benjamin (Ben) Redfern
Major Armand Brochu Les Fusiliers Mon-Royal KIA: March 1, 1945 at the age of 30.
Private Walter O. Schoonover Princess Patricias Calgary 1941 to 1946
Agnes Elizabeth Catherine (Jackson) Zorn
William James Jackson
H. James Ganshirt
Northumberland Fusiliers Land Line ; transferred to the Northumberland Royal Engineers Signal Corps in July 1915 as a driver. February 1916 — transferred to Mesopotania, disembarking at Basrah in March 1917. Left Bombay, June 1919 and was discharged from military in August 1919.
Clayton Keith
Calgary Tank Res. - 14th Army Tank Battalion 1941 to 1945 England, France (Dieppe) POW - 1942 to 1945
Air Force 1940 or 1941
Air Force Second World War 1942 to 1945
William Breen Merchant Marine
F/O Harold Sharpe
Served with the ATS at Kingston, England, from March 1942 to May 1943.
Hans Bauman
238 Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Forces Served overseas 1916 to 1919
Edgar Werner Zorn
Orville Strandquist
Signed up with the Royal Canadian Artillery in 1939; transferred to South Saskatchewan Regiment and served to the end of the Second World War. Re-enlisted and served in post-war duties until March 27, 1946.
Second World War Signal Core
Kenneth Grant Stewart
Army - Second World War Royal Canadian Navy Loyal Edmonton Regiment V - 85944 Second World War Sicily Invasion Submarine Detector KIA: May 23, 1944 at Cassino May 22, 1943 to Buried in the Cassino War January 8, 1946 Cemetery in Italy.
Robert Andersen Calgary Tank Regiment - 14th Army Tank Battalion 1941 to 1945 France & Germany POW - 1942 to 1945
Salute to the veterans:
Ken Simon
Winnie Simon
Marion Scheerschmidt
Lord Strathcona Tanks, Calgary 1941 to 1946 Overseas
RCAF Women’s Division 1943 to 1945 Canada
Royal Canadian Artillery Platoon 4, A Company #131 1941 to 1945 - Second World War Halifax, Brandon
William Gray Stewart Gunner with the 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment POW - Dieppe - 1941 to 1945
“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.”
‘Price of freedom is eternal vigilance’ On Remembrance Day, Canadians honour fellow citizens who have made the “ultimate sacrifice.” Throughout Canada’s history, men and women have stood up for our values, our freedoms, and our way of life. They have accepted the risk of placing their own lives “on the line” on behalf of their families, friends, neighbours and fellow Canadians. “At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month …” every year, we thank all of our military veterans and take a moment to remember the men and women who gave their lives standing up for our freedom and way of life. Canadians fought in the First World War (626,736 served 66,573 died); the Second World War (1,081,865 served 44,927 died); the Korean War (26,791 served 516 died and 1558 were wounded); the Gulf War (4074 served); and in Afghanistan (25,000 served on a rotational basis and 158 died). Throughout our large riding of Crowfoot, remarkable numbers of constituents — young and old — attend events to commemorate Canada’s veterans, particularly on
Remembrance Day. Many Canadian military veterans live in our riding. As your member of Parliament for Crowfoot, each year I deliver the Government of Canada’s Veterans’ Week message and lay the Remembrance Day wreath at one or more of our local cenotaphs. My speeches on those occasions recall and share the experience I had in 2008 representing Canada in France and Belgium to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War. In 2010, when I was the chair of the Special Committee on Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan, I had the privilege of travelling to Afghanistan and met many of the 2,800 Canadians who were there at that time performing the difficult “hands-on” work of Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan. As well, I met numerous Afghanis, government
officials, military personnel and local citizens. Afghanistan has been a nation in conflict for many decades. I could see in the eyes of the folks I met that they yearned for a time when they could live in peace — free of persecution and violence. Many spoke of concerns for their families and the hopes they had for future generations. Coming from our area of Alberta, my
reaction to the state of life I saw in Afghanistan was that it was a prime example of what years ago, our Canadian military helped prevent from happening here at home, and across the Free World. While the horrors of war must never be forgotten, we must also remember that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. We must never fail to defend it, whether at home
or abroad. I hope everyone will take part in one of the many Remembrance Day ceremonies in our community. And on behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and our federal government, I wish to thank the men and women currently serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as all those who have served in the past. Lest we forget.
John Ackland, Cliff Albers, Fred Albers, Donald Ames, Arnt Anderson, Edward Anderson, Gordon Anderson, Stanley Anderson, Wallace Anderson, Vernon Askeland, Nels Aspedokken, Orville Bailey, Harry Barnes, Earl Batke, Roy Batke, Amy Berg, Keith Bergum, John Beugin, Alfred Bjorge, Engvold Bjorge, Olaf Bjorge, Abel Blomgren, Foch Blouin, Abel Broughton, Omar Broughton, Martin Burns, Alfred Chambers, George Chambers, Henry Chambers, Harold Chapman, Norman Christie, Kenneth Clement, Lawrence Clovis, Lester Clovis, Jack Cook, Joseph Cook, Peter Cook, Harry Dahl, Morris Dahl, Lyle Damberger, James Dempsey, Robert Dickey, Vern Dickey, Tom Eastwood, Selma Erickson, Norman Estacailie, David Ewing, George Ewing, Herbert Ewing, John Ewing, William Ewing, Jess Graham, Alton Gronlund, Donald Hagen, James Hagen, Norman Hagen, Elaine Hall, Tracy Hall, Henry Hansen, Gilbert Haugejorden, Nils Haugejorden, Bernard Haugstad, Brian Hayes, George Hearonemus, Wilfred Hearonemus, Elmer Heater, Milton Heater, Roy Heater, Albert Henke, Alfred Henrikson, Alex Hildreth, Ernie Hilker, Ronald Hillaby, Anna Hoffman, Earl Hoover, Kelly Huff, Arne Johanson, Ben Johnson, Harold Johnson, Lloyd Johnson, Casey Jones, Percy Jones, Dee Kahl, Roy Kerr, Tom Kerr, Ervin Kneeland, Howard Kneeland, Marjorie Lee, Wilbur Lee, Clem Liddell, William Liesinger, Ivar Lindstrom, Gerald Lindstrom, Nels Lingard, Lorne Magwood, Alfred Mann, E. (Scottie) Matheson, Ed Matheson, Elspeth Matheson, Cecil McBride, Rod McDonald, Flack McKay, Herbert McKay, Mysie McKay, Earl McIntyre, Robert McKeown, Arthur Mitcheson, Ole Moland, Henry Monson, Norman Monson, Chester Montgomery, William Moult, Mirrel Nelson, Karl Nilson, Richard Norby, Clarence Nordvie, Oscar Nordvie, Arne Norman, Godfrey Norman, Robert Norman, Willie Norman, Arthur Northey, Lloyd Northey, Floyd Oberg, Edward Odegard, Arne Olsen, Lawrence Olsen, Alex Ordge, Jack Ordge, Pat Ordge, Everett Paul, Nels Paulson, Ian Paterson, Ed Pearce, Sam Pearce, Dennis Peatman, George Peatman, Fred Pellowe, Clarence Pickering, Elmer Pickering, Allan Pipe, Winston Porter, Frank Pratt, Kenneth Quesseth, Ossie Quesseth, Dennis Rake, Jess Ramstad, Cliff Rasmussen, Cleeve Reynolds, Floyd Reynolds, Ralph Rudd, Donald Russell, Aluff Sahlin, Bruce Salmon, Alex Salmon, Edgar Saltvold, Fred Saltvold, Joseph Schillie, Doris Shea, Lawrence Shea, Mary Shea, Obie Shea, Pat Shea, Jack Sheppard, Leo Shoemaker, Wilber Silverson, Clarence Smith, Guy Smith, Jesse Smith, Robert Smith, William Smith, Oliver Soderstrom, Tom Solomonson, Walter Solomonson, Jack Southall, Alvin Stanvick, Carl Stolee, Peter Stolee, William Storey, Walter Strahan, Ernest Suddaby, Beth Summers, Jack Thibeau, Joseph Thibeau, Frank Todd, Harvey Todd, John Todd, Lloyd Todd, Louie Todd, Eugene Var Blarcom, Ben Vikse, Donald Vikse, Francis Vikse, Lester Vikse, Orville Vikse, Torkel Vikse, Wally Westlund, Archie Whamond Sr., Archie Whamond Jr., May Whamond, Ruth Whitehorn, Alfred Williams, Fred Williams, Earl Winters, Clarence Wood, Max Wood, Willard Wood, Charles Wright, Frank Zuehlke, Fred Zuehlke.