Family reunited with war memorabilia

There is a happy ending in a Remembrance Day mystery.

A collection of war memorabilia has been reunited with the family of the Second World War veteran they belonged to.

On the Friday Nov. 8th edition of Saskatchewan Afternoon, David Kirton spoke with the former president of Legion Branch #63, John Davidson, who told him a frame containing pictures and medals of a war veteran had been dropped off by someone who found them at a pawn shop.

Davidson said the person who dropped it off thought that’s not the kind of thing that should be in a pawn shop, where someone might buy it and take the medals out.

“So what they did is they purchased it and dropped it off at the legion, knowing we would not monetize those items, and that we would get them into a museum, or to their rightful owner,” said Davidson.

The frame appeared to belong to a man named S.W. Clark.

A man named Jim McInnes, who was listening to Saskatchewan Afternoon, heard the segment about the frame and called the legion the next morning.

McInnes told the legion the memorabilia belonged to his uncle, Sanford Clark, who was originally from Bladworth, SK.

In an email to 650 CKOM, Clark’s granddaughter, Lisa Clark Messchoot said she would like to thank the person who found the medals and repay them for purchasing them from the pawn shop. She also said her grandfather was a wonderful man.

But there is much more to Clark’s story, who had a very disturbing past he had to overcome before going on to become a war hero and much loved family man.

For more on that check out David Kirton’s story about him.