Alberta

The Corporal Nathan Hornburg Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Nathan Hornburg was born in Calgary on June 19, 1983, the son of Michael Hornburg and Linda Loree, and brother of Rachel Herbert. From 2004 to 2006, Hornburg was a University Transfer student at Mount Royal College. On June 27, 2001, Hornburg joined the Kings Own Calgary Regiment. On September 24, 2007, while serving on a NATO mission in Afghanistan, Corporal Hornburg was killed while helping to rescue a disabled tank in Panjwai District, Kandahar. Hornburg’s tank commander noted that he was one of “those rare individuals that just had a very soft, big, caring heart, but who was also a warrior and a professional.”

The Pilot Officer Lloyd George Hinch Military Memorial Bursary was crated in 2011.

Lloyd Hinch was born in 1923 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and attended Mount Royal College in 1942. The Varshicom Yearbook emphasizes that Hinch had a fondness for dramatics: “At formals he’s a second Fred Astaire / A dapper gent with never a care.” Pilot Officer Hinch joined the 425 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force and, at age 22 he was killed on March 19, 1945, near the end of the Second World War during a bombing raid in Germany, when two planes collided.

The Lieutenant Denis Frederick Harvey Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Denis Harvey was born in Calgary, the only son of Lillian Patterson Harvey, a native Albertan, and Irish-born Brigadier General Frederick Harvey, a distinguished and decorated veteran of the First and Second World Wars. Denis Harvey attended Mount Royal College in 1940, and served on the executive of the Science and Mathematics Club. Known to his friends as “Red” Harvey, he joined the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and was killed near Germany on February 16, 1945.

The Flight Sergeant George Quist Hansen Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

George Hansen was born in 1916 in Standard, Alta, the son of Danish immigrants who came to Canada from the United States and eventually settled in Alberta. His father, a successful merchant, served as mayor of Standard from 1926 to 1935 and sent George to Mount Royal College. Flight Sergeant Hansen was the first person from Standard to enlist. He joined the 431 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force and was killed when the Halifax Bomber, on which he was a crew member, was shot down near Antwerp, Belgium. Three of his brothers also served during the war: Walter in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Rudy and Severin with the Calgary Highlanders.

The Corporal William Rolfe Fox Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

William Fox was born in Duluth, Minnesota, the oldest son of Sarah and Henry Fox. A talented athlete, Fox attended Mount Royal College in 1912/13 and played on the lacrosse and rugby teams. The latter won the Intercollegiate Championship in 1913. He enlisted with the 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Alberta Regiment. Corporal Fox was attacked by poisoned shrapnel at the Battle of Vimy Ridge. He died from his wounds.

The Captain George Garry Foster Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

George Foster attended Mount Royal College from 1948 to 1952. The Varshicom Yearbook speculated that Foster would become a chemist “if his Chem I exploits are any forecast.” After Mount Royal, Foster married and had two sons. He enjoyed a distinguished career in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Captain Foster earned the Canadian Forces Decoration, Memorial Cross ER 11 and United Nations Disengagement Observer Force. He died while flying from Beirut to Damascus with the “Buffalo Nine,” named after the Canadian-made Buffalo airplane. In 2005, a monument was unveiled at Calgary’s Peacekeeper Park to honour Captain Foster and the eight soldiers who died alongside him in the largest single-day loss of life in Canadian Forces peacekeeping history.

The Lieutenant Everett Boyd Jackson Fallis Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Everett Fallis was born in Haldimand, Ont. and came to Calgary when his father, Rev. Dr. Samuel Fallis — a personal friend of Mount Royal College founding Principal Rev. Dr. George W. Kerby — became the minister at Central Methodist Church. Fallis attended Mount Royal College from 1911 to 1915 He enlisted with the 102nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Central Ontario Regiment. He went overseas as a private, but quickly gained battlefield commissions to lieutenant. Fallis was killed on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge by sniper fire while holding an enemy trench that was taken in the initial attack. According to his commanding officer, Fallis was deserving of the highest award for gallantry that day.

The Flying Officer Benjamin Emil Ehnisz Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Benjamin Ehnisz was born in 1921 and came to Mount Royal in 1938 from Burstall, Saskatchewan. The Chinook Yearbook describes Ben as “a very amiable lad whose ambition on completing his education is to return to Saskatchewan and rehabilitate the drought area.” Flying Officer Ehnisz joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and died on February 13, 1943, at the age of 22. The student he was instructing survived the fire when Ehnisz ordered him to bail out. Ehnisz Island at Kakabigish Lake in northern Saskatchewan is named in his honour.

The Private Cecil Wallar Duke Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Cecil Wallar Duke was born in Havercork, Ont. in 1895 and lived in Banff before attending Mount Royal College during its first two years of operation. A well-known and popular athlete, Duke was the star player on the Mount Royal College hockey team in 1911/12 and the lacrosse team in 1912/13. After leaving Mount Royal, Duke worked as a brakeman on the Canadian Pacific Railway line from Calgary to Edmonton. He was one of the first to join the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, British Columbia Regiment and was killed in France at the age of 22 years. Private Duke is also remembered on the Banff Cenotaph erected by the Mount Rundle Chapter IODE.

The Flying Officer Harold James Crowe Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.

Harold Crowe was born in Calgary in 1919. He attended Earl Grey School, Western Canada High School and Mount Royal College and was a druggist apprentice. In May 1941, Crowe enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Calgary, and received his training in camps across Western Canada. Crowe graduated as an Air Observer from No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School in Paulson, Man. Flying Officer Crowe was killed on March 12, 1943, at the age of 24.