The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 187 JEANNOTTE, Marcel David WWII Marcel was born in Cut Knife, SK, on October 23, 1916. He enlisted with the Air Force on November 13, 1940, and served in Canada and Newfoundland. He was discharged on October 5, 1945, and received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and ML. He passed away on December 29, 1977. JEEVES, Ronald Edward WWII Ronald was born in Wolseley on April 3, 1924. He enlisted with the Westminster Regiment on January 9, 1943, and served in England, France, Germany, Holland and Italy. In 1944, he was wounded in Italy and spent four months in hospital, but later saw action again. He received his discharge in January 1946, and married Ruth Hewitt three years later, on April 8, 1949. They farmed until 1990, and then retired to Wolseley where they still reside. One of their two sons lives on their farm. Ron received a Meritorious Medal from the Wolseley Royal Canadian Legion #36 in May of 2000. JOHNSON, David A. KOREA & SPECIAL DUTY AREA David was born in Turtleford, SK, in 1955. He joined the North Saskatchewan Regiment in 1972, and moved on to the regular force as field engineer in 1974. He served with the 3rd FD Squadron in Chilliwack. While there, he assisted with the construction of the Eagle River Bridge on the Dempster Highway. From Chilliwack, he went to CFB Shilo then to Germany to the 4th Combat Engineers Regiment in 1987. He was deployed to Croatia with Unpropor in 1992 and posted back to Canada in 1994 to the 4th Engineer Support Regiment. He retired after serving 34 years in the Canadian Forces in Canada, West Germany, Croatia, Haiti and Afghanistan. He now resides in Perth, Ontario. JINKS, John J. WWI John was born in Renfrewshire, Scotland, in 1891. He enlisted in the 68th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force on December 18, 1915, and served 7 months in France with the 5th Battalion. While in France, he was wounded three times, twice in one leg and once in the other leg. John was gassed at the last incident when his gas mask was blown off. His wounds entitled him to wear two gold casualty stripes. He also has a Victory and General Service Medal. He was discharged on May 11, 1918, with a 40% service disability. Because of the gassing, his health was affected and he suffered pain until his death in 1963. John joined the Earl Grey Branch on April 12, 1930.
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