The Flying Officer Benjamin Emil Ehnisz Military Memorial Bursary was created in 2011.
Benjamin Ehnisz was born in 1921 and came to Mount Royal in 1938 from Burstall, Saskatchewan. The Chinook Yearbook describes Ben as “a very amiable lad whose ambition on completing his education is to return to Saskatchewan and rehabilitate the drought area.” Flying Officer Ehnisz joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and died on February 13, 1943, at the age of 22. The student he was instructing survived the fire when Ehnisz ordered him to bail out. Ehnisz Island at Kakabigish Lake in northern Saskatchewan is named in his honour.
