Lieutenant-Colonel P.C. Klaehn
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa

He brought to his task of Commanding Officer all devotion to duty and considerable knowledge as a Machine Gunner, which has resulted in the Unit under his command attaining a very high standard of training … This officer, over and above his normal military duties, has contributed all his spare time to the organization and development of sports within my division.

(O.B.E. citation, 2 Sep 1943)

Born in Valleyfield, Quebec on 10 September 1895 and raised in Saskatchewan, Percy Carl Klaehn was a sportsman, teacher, and First World War veteran. He had enlisted in the 6th Universities Company out of North Battleford in June 1916 and joined the PPCLI on a reinforcement draft by the end of the year. He earned a commission in 1918 and rejoined the PPCLI during the final phase of the war. With the outbreak of the next war in 1939, Klaehn joined the Saskatoon Light Infantry as a captain.

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