The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 145 EGGLETON, Harold Francis WWII Harold was born in Semans, Saskatchewan, in 1923. He joined the Air Force and trained at Dafoe, Saskatchewan, and went to England as an aircraft mechanic for three years. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the 1939-45 Medal. ELL, Canisius Jacob WWII Canisius was born in Sedley, Saskatchewan, on May 20, 1925. He joined the Winnipeg Rifles on December 30, 1943 at age 19 and went overseas to the United Kingdom and then to Holland for four months before he was killed in Germany on April 10, 1945. He is buried in Holland. His brother was also in Holland at that time but they could not get leave together. Sadly they did not see each other before his death. ELLIOTT, James “Jim” WWII Jim, son of Bill and Maggie Elliott, was born in 1923. He grew up in the Pickwell District-Wawota area of Saskatchewan and finished his grade 10 before joining the 101st L.A.A. R.C.A. in 1940 going overseas until his discharge in 1945. In the Fall of 1946, he went back to school in Regina under the Veterans upgrading program and then to university in Saskatoon, where he received his B.S.A. and then to Madison, Wisconsin, for his PhD., after which he accepted employment with the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, Ontario. ELLIOTT, Donald WWII Donald was born in Wawota, Pickwell District, Saskatchewan, in 1925. He joined the Army at age 17½ in 1942, and spent three years in the Canadian Trade School. After being discharged in 1945, he bought the home farm through the VLA. He married Kay Penner of Wawota in 1964, and they raised two daughters: Wendy and Karen. Don was plagued with arthritis over the years and finally had to move off the farm. He built a new home in Wawota and lived for several years until his deteriorating health forced him into Deerview Lodge, where he passed away.
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