We salute those who fought for our freedom so we may live in peace.
This special edition of The Chronicle is dedicated to the men and women from our region that so bravely served our country. Some of them paid the supreme sacrifice. They were more than soldiers, they were sons and daughters, husbands and fathers. They came from towns and hamlets that are no longer. We can never begin to repay them, but we can remember them, every ONE of them.
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Photos of War Memorial and cenotaphs
The War Memorial at Eatonia and the cenotaphs at Loverna and Dosland.
Kindersley resident served 15 years in the military
Kindersley resident Rosi Gaultois-Housser was just a teenager when she first joined the military. She grew up in Newfoundland and, after graduating from high school at sixteen…
Child amputee finds inspiration from Second World War Veteran
Eight-year-old Isla McCallum is an energetic young girl with a big smile, and Charlie Jefferson, 98, is a veteran of the Second World War.
100-year anniversary of the poppy
Did you know people started wearing poppies a hundred years ago, in May of 1921? Poppies grew on the battlefields around gravesites after the end of the First World War.
Memories of WWII veteran Ralph Hamel
Lucille Knorr of Kindersley received the surprising news that a book had just been published about her dad’s WWII bombing mission.
Kerrobert monument and Major cemetery photos
“In memory of our fallen comrades” monument at the Kerrobert Legion Hall.
Corporal Frederick William Heath
Died: Oct 11, 1918, Commemorated at Ramillies British Cemetery, France.
Private Denny Leo Murphy
Died: Oct 3, 1918, Commemorated at Bucquoy Road Cemetery, France.
Pilot Officer Keith Thomas Bielby
Died: Aug 17, 1944, Commemorated at Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, England.
Flight Lieutenant Robert James Land
Died: Jan 14, 1945, Commemorated at Oldenzaal Roman Catholic Cemetery, Netherlands.
Sgt. Lawrence Ryan
SGT. L. Ryan of the R.C.A.F., eldest son of Mrs. D. A. Ryan, proprietress of the King George Hotel at Luseland, was killed in an air raid over the Netherlands, his mother has been informed.
Warrant Officer Class II James Joseph Zunti
James Joseph Zunti, born February 2, 1916 on the family farm near Luseland, Saskatchewan, completed his early education at Deer Lodge School near Luseland in 1930.
Flying Officer Donald Kenneth Robertson
Donald Kenneth Robertson was born May 20, 1919 at Kerrobert, Saskatchewan, the only son of Kenneth and Florence Wilhelmina “Wilma” (nee Coe) Robertson, and brother of Margaret Elizabeth Laura, Dorothy Wilhelmina, and Alex Roberta Robertson.
Warrant Officer Class II John Palmer
John Palmer (born as ‘Palamer’), born April 17, 1919 at Prelate, Saskatchewan, grew up on the family farm near Eatonia, Saskatchewan, completing his public education in 1936.
Private Norman Mackenzie
Norman MacKenzie was born in Gairloch, Scotland, July 3, 1891. He came to Salvador, Saskatchewan, where his sister and brother-in-law Christina & Alex Fowler had a homestead.
Ronald Everett Cunnings
SGT. R. E. CUNNINGS of Major, was killed in action on February 29 while flying with the R.C.A.F. from an English base, and was buried near Chester, Cheshire, England, on March 7.
Kerrobert’s surviving WWII veteran
John Tomecek of Kerrobert is one of the few remaining WWII veterans; he will soon celebrate his 102nd birthday on November 28.
Flight Sergeant William John Poulin
William John Poulin of Dodsland, Saskatchewan served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War as a Flight Sergeant Navigator attached to #158 (R.A.F.) Squadron.
Sergeant James MacKay
James MacKay, born April 13, 1920 at Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland, came to Canada with his family in June 1925, settling in Saskatchewan as homestead farmers.