Portrait of William Yeates Hunter in uniform with hat and a riding crop.

Bio/Historical Note: Major (Manitoba Regiment) William Yeates Hunter (b.1868) of Saskatoon was KIA 19180928 and is buried at Reninghelst New military cemetery southwest of Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. He was the son of Dr. William Frith Hunter and came from Margate, Kent, England, to homestead on NW21-49-4-W3, west of Shellbrook. Hunter served more than 13 years in the British Army and was with the 8th Kings (Liverpool) Regiment in the South African War. Hunter completed a BA at the University of Saskatchewan in 1915 and was a professor of English when he enlisted at Winnipeg, Manitoba, early the next year, leaving a wife Ethel Helen later of Montréal, Québec. Hunter was serving as an area commandant of part of liberated Belgium when he was killed (most likely by enemy bombs).

Clarence A. Cook, Air Vice-Marshal, Eng '33 and Educ '34 (left), inspects the honour roll in the main lounge of the Memorial Union Building when he visited the campus in October. Standing: F/O Doug Stark, Eng '54; W/C John L. Berven, Eng '35; and W/C R.A. (Bob) Rennie, professor of psychology and commanding officer of the RCAF Reserve university Squadron.