Garth A. Emard

Son of Joe and Mildred Emard, Garth was raised mainly in the Burdett area, and with his brother Lawrence joined Lethbridge’s Light Infantry Corps in 1941 (age 19). He served inWWII, landing with the allied invasion forces at Cherbourg, France (D23). Garth was killed at Niimegen, Holland on February 27, 1945 a few weeks before the conclusion of the European war. He achieved the rank of Bombadier.