The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 237 MENG, Viola WWII Viola was born in Saskatchewan in 1925, one of ten children born to Clarence and Elsie (McNabb) Meng of Crystal Springs. Viola joined the Canadian Women’s Army Corp and served in Canada. She married Ernest Jonas and lived in Waterloo, Ontario. They had no children. She passed away in 2000. MERLET, Paul Alexander WWII Paul was born in Estevan, SK, on February 4, 1914. He joined the Army and was posted to the Loyal Edmonton Regiment and served as Signaller in Infantry in Italy, Canada and the UK. He was wounded in action and lost his left leg below the knee. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. He returned to his home of Forget, SK, and served as Post Master until his death from cancer in 1954. MERRIMAN, Thomas Leslie WWII & WWII Leslie was born in Chippen Campden, Gloucestershire, England, on January 22,1899. He joined the 188th Battalion on March 10, 1916, and was discharged on April 24, 1919, and then joined the 16/22 Saskatchewan Horse on July 24, 1940. He was discharged on March 23, 1942, after serving in England, France, Germany, Belgium and Canada. He received the General Service & Victory Award in World War I and the Voluntary Service Award in World War II. Upon returning from WWII, Leslie married Rose Ellen Smith on December 19, 1928, and they raised three children in the Springside area. Leslie passed away on November 8,1981. MERRIMAN, Arthur David WWI Arhur was born in Chippen Campden, Gloucestershire, England, on September 1, 1895. He enlisted with the 188th overseas Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Forces “D” Company on November 9, 1915, and left England in November 1916 for front line service in France, where he remained until November 1918, and a further five months after armistice was signed, and returned to Springside on May 24, 1919. He was discharged on May 23, 1919. He farmed until the winter of 1919, when he took a telegraphy course under the returned Veteran’s Policy. Arthur worked for the CPR until July of 1926, when he returned to farming until 1985, when he was forced to retire after suffering a stroke. He was wounded twice in the war. Arthur passed away on November 13, 1989.
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