Lieutenant-Colonel Alan W. Embury
Saskatoon Light Infantry

Mr. Embury charged that Socialism was the same whether it was national Socialism of Fascism or Nazism or the Russian Socialism “of our local talent.” The system had never worked in any place where tried and it meant the loss of personal and individual freedom and control and domination by the Socialists …. What sensible differences can there be between a pro-Russian Socialist and a Communist?

(Leader-Post, 1 May 1948, 10)

Born on 5 November 1907 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Alan Williams Embury was a Saskatoon lawyer, RMC graduate and son of First World War brigadier and judge J.F.L. Embury. He served as adjutant with Saskatoon Light Infantry overseas before transferring to the judge advocate general branch. His legal training served him well in many different roles in court martial proceedings as prosecutor, court member and judge advocate.

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