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the customs service as clerk, rising to the position of sub-collector
in one month. Joined C.E.F., 1916 (officers' class), Winnipeg,
and won certificate as lieutenant. Joined 12th Fld. Ambulance in the ranks;
France, 1916 (August). Saw service at Ypres, Somme,
Vimy Ridge and Paschendaele. "Last Hundred Days," Amiens,
Arras, Cambrai, Valenciennes,
Mons. Returned to Canada,
June, 1919. Resumed duties in Customs Service on the reserve list (captain),
5th South Sask. Battalion. President of the Tennis Club. Roman Catholic. Member
of the Knights of Columbus.
Recreation, curling. Address, Custom House, Estevan,
Saskatchewan.
REID: Norman Graham, B.A., principal of the Lanigan
School. Born at Green Hill, Pictou
county, N.S., 1890, son of James Anthony and Margaret (Smith) Reid. Married
Gladys Hunt, of Queen's county, Nova Scotia,
1921, and has one son. Educated at, Pictou
Academy, Dalhousie
University. Scotch ancestry. Great-grandfather,
Wm. Smith, came to the U.S.A.,
1753; moved to Canada
and the family have been in the Pictou county since 1776. The original
homestead still in the possession of the family. Mr. Reid came west and taught
school at Carnduff and is now principal of the Lanigan Public and High School.
Joined the C.E.F., January, 1916; attached 2nd Cyclists, 77th Battalion;
overseas in November; France, February, 1917; 2nd Motor Machine Brigade, Lens
and Arras front, Hill 70, "Last Hundred Days," Amiens, Arras,
Droquort Queant, Canal du Nord (wounded) ; hospital at Le Treport; rejoined
unit, Oct. 25th; was with German Army of Occupation. Discharged, May, 1919,
Lanigan. Principal of school, August, 1919. Member of the Masonic Order.
Presbyterian. Liberal. Address, Lanigan.
REYNOLDS: Arthur John, manager, Bank of Commerce, Prince
Albert. President Associated Boards of Trade of Saskatchewan,
1923. Born in Sligo, Ireland,
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