Award Military Medal L/Cpl. Orville Theodor Camphaug, No. 12 Canadian Provost Company (L12647) WO 373/55/693 Orville Theodor Camphaug was born at Battrum, Saskatchewan in December 1916 and enlisted in the Canadian Army in April 1940, initially being posted to the 1st Battalion, South Saskatchewan Regiment. Arriving in the U.K. in that December, he subsequently transferred to the Canadian Provost Corps and was embarked for North-West Europe in July 1944, initially with an appointment in the 12th Battalion, but from October of the same year in the 13th Battalion. As verified by the above recommendation, he subsequently witnessed extensive action, not least at Nijmegen - presumably not that long after the capture of the bridge during the Arnhem operations - and at Cleve in Germany in the following year. He was finally repatriated to Canada in December 1945, where he was discharged at Regina, Saskatchewan in February of the following year. In August 1950, however, and no doubt as a result of the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, he re-enlisted in the Canadian Army Special Force, but he never went overseas and was discharged on medical grounds at the end of the same year. Orville Theodore Camphaug (1916-1992) - Find a Grave Memorial
