The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 239 MEYERS, Joseph John WWII Joseph was born in Leipzig, SK, on November 11, 1909. He enlisted in the Army in 1944, serving in Canada with the Canadian Artillery at Shilo, Manitoba. He did not go overseas because he was discharged in 1945 due to medical reasons. He returned to farming in the Big River area. Joseph passed away on January 3, 1998. MILLER, Glen Alexander WWII Glen was born in Laura, SK, on May 23, 1919. He joined the Army with Canadian Army Service No. 45, Canadian General Transport Coy, RCASC, and trained in Regina and Camp Borden. He went to England, where he trained with an English outfit. Seventy of them were in Germany, when on a new Harley Davidson, Glen led a convoy of trucks into harm’s way through France and Germany and ending up in Belgium and later Holland in 1945. After Mussolini and Hitler were killed, it wasn’t long before Canadians were sent home. He received the Battle of Britain Clasp, Atlantic Star, FranceGermany Star, Defence Medal, Volunteer Medal, Canadian Army ServiceGlen passed away on October 23, 1975, after suffering a heart attack. MOLESKI, Harry WWII Harry was born in Dysart, SK, on January 20, 1919. He enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces on November 1, 1941, and served as a mechanic in Canada, Britain, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He was honourably discharged on January 18, 1946. He received the FranceGermany Star and the Defence Medal. He returned to Kelliher, SK, and married Kay Bohay in 1949. They farmed and raised eight children. Harry passed away on July 20, 1990. MINERS, Reginald George WWI George was born in Plymouth Devonshire, England, on September 3, 1888, and came to Canada when he was 15 years old. He worked on a dairy farm in Ontario for a year, then made his way to Manitoba and then to Prince Albert National Park making his living by trapping muskrats. He enlisted in Prince Albert, SK, on March 30, 1915, with the 53rd Battalion as a Sapper and served in France where he was wounded and sent home to Saskatchewan and raised a family of four children. He lived in Debden and retired to Prince Albert until he passed away on February 3, 1969.
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