Rifleman Elmer Magnusson was one of 4 siblings. After working as a material handler for the CPR he became a painter. He enlisted like his brothers in Dec. 1942. After training he shipped overseas to join the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and saw action as they liberated Holland and then moved into Germany. He was wounded in August and September of 1944 and then killed in action Apr. 18th, 1945 just before the war with Germany ended.