Remembering Corporal Hutson Boddy

Corporal Hutson Alexander Boddy, RCAF, of Rosetown, Saskatchewan, died Jan. 27, 1944, at Lady Minto Hospital in Chapleau, Ontario, at age 53.

Born Nov. 5, 1890, near Hoath Head, Ontario, Hutson served in the First World War with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry on the Western Front. After returning to Saskatoon in 1919, he married Pearl Eliza Hayman in 1924 and later ran a sheet metal business in Rosetown.

In January 1941, he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a Corporal at No. 10 Repair Depot in Calgary, part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. While travelling for temporary duty in Moncton, New Brunswick, he fell ill and died of a cerebral haemorrhage.

Hutson is commemorated at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, and in the Second World War Book of Remembrance in Ottawa. His medals include the 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, War Medal, and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.