We salute those who fought for our freedom so we may live in peace.
This special edition of Your West Central Voice 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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Private Norman Peter Knobel
Norman Peter Knobel, born June 9, 1916 on the family farm at Prelate, Saskatchewan, completed his education at Prelate in 1932.
Private Frederick Harman Benson
Frederick Harman Benson was born July 3, 1886 at Edenvale, Simcoe County, Ontario and moved west to work as a carpenter.
Private Frank Theodore Peter Netzel
Frank Theodore Peter Netzel served as a Private with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 9th Field Ambulance during the Second World War.
Flight Sergeant Raymond Ranger
Raymond Ranger, born October 20, 1921 at Kindersley, Saskatchewan, completed his education in Kindersley in 1937.
Private Otto Helmer
Otto Helmer, born November 30, 1918 at Leader, Saskatchewan, completed his education at Mendham, Saskatchewan in 1933.
Gunner Cecil Duffin Bourne
Cecil Duffin Bourne, born April 5, 1919 at Eston, Saskatchewan, grew up in Kindersley, Saskatchewan where he completed his education.
Rudolph (Rudy) Schmidt
Rudy signed up in the army on November 19, 1941. He was only 20 years old. He was enlisted with the British Columbia Dragoons, an army tank regiment.
Private John Affleck Buckham
John Affleck Buckham was born March 5, 1889 at The Glebe, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland. Buckham came with his family to Canada in 1901 and first settled in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Flying Officer Robert Donald Keith Hanbidge
Keith Hanbidge (b.1921) of Kerrobert was KIA on January 8, 1945. Hanbidge’s Lancaster failed to return from a night raid on Munich.
Private Earl Conrad Swalm
Earl Conrad Swalm, born January 29, 1920 at Kindersley, Saskatchewan, completed his education at Merrington High School in Kindersley in 1937 before working on the family farm.
Rifleman Herbert Hubert Hugo Hilbach
Rifleman (Regina Rifles) Herbert Hubert Hugo Hilbach (b.1915) of Kerrobert was KIA 19450422 at Groningen during the liberation of the Netherlands and is buried at Holten Canadian war cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands.
Gunner Nelson Steele Allcock
L255 Gunner (2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery) (Nelson) Steele Allcock (b.1918) of Kerrobert died 19410720 and is buried at Brookwood military cemetery near Woking, Surrey, England.
Private Edward Max Ellefson
Edward Max Ellefson, born November 8, 1923 at Kindersley, Saskatchewan, attended Prince Edward School in nearby Fairmount where he completed his education in 1940.
Private Denys Richard Duckett
L9905 Private (Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps) Denys Richard Duckett (b.1922) of Kerrobert died 19430725 of wounds incurred three days earlier and is buried at Agira Canadian war cemetery, Enna, Sicily, Italy.
Private Howard Roy Prescott
Howard Roy Prescott (b.1921) was KIA 19441101, the day before his 23rd birthday, at Oude Molen and is buried at Bergen op Zoom Canadian war cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Remembering Our Veterans: Eston and Area
World War I veterans and enlistments from Eston, Plato, Madison, Richlea and Lacadena.
Flying Officer Clifford Leonard Horncastle
Clifford Leonard Horncastle, born September 25, 1918 at Eston, Saskatchewan, moved to Edmonton, Alberta as a child where he completed his education at Strathcona High School.
Flight Lieutenant Robert James Land
Died: Jan 14, 1945, Commemorated at Oldenzaal Roman Catholic Cemetery, Netherlands.
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.