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the outbreak of the war Mr. Forsyth's two sons caught the spirit of the war, and in 1915 enlisted joining the 68th Battalion. Charles went to France with the 5th Battalion and became a sergeant. Norman with the 28th; Charles died at Havre. Sergeant Norman Forsyth returned to Canada in the autumn of 1918 for officers' training class. The Armistice being signed he was demobilized and resumed civilian life. Met with a tragic death the following year through being burnt

to death in a fire. In the beautiful Memorial Hall erected by the citizens of Sintaluta is, a tablet to their glorious dead, and on it the name of Charles Forsyth. The sympathy of the whole community has gone out to Mayor Forsyth in the loss of these two splendid and promising citizens. Mayor Forsyth has served four years on the School Board. Mayor of Sintaluta. Member of the Masonic Order; L.O.L. Methodist. Conservative. Address, Sintaluta.

 

ELLARD: Howard Hugh, Mayor of Mortlach (1923). Born at Cascades, Que., 1891, son of Henry and Isabella (McKelvie) Ellard. Married Mary Ellen Lockhart 1918, and has three daughters. Irish stock. Grandfather came from Cork; settled in the Ottawa district Mayor Ellard, came west in 1908, to Mortlach, where he farmed. Homesteaded at Gravelbourg. Joined 128th Batt., February 18th, 1916. Overseas August 1916 France Nov., 1916; attached 50th Battalion wounded at Vimy Ridge; invalided to England; Canada November, 1917 (Ross Hospital, Moose Jaw). Discharged; came to Mortlach as grain buyer; for two years (deputy mayor) . Elected, 1922, by acclamation. Member of the Agricultural Society. Member of
the Masonic Order. Member of the I.O.O.F. Anglican. Progressive. Recreation, curling. Address, Mortlach.

 

GALLANT: Thomas, barrister, acting Crown Prosecutor, Gravelbourg (Gravel & Gallant). Born Margaree,. Cape Breton, N.S., 1877, son of Timothy and Adelalde Le Blanc Gallant. Married Mary Deveau

 

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