The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 205 JAMES, William George WWII William was born in Lafleche, Saskatchewan, on December 23, 1923. He enlisted in the Army on February 28, 1942 in Regina, Saskatchewan, and was stationed at Red Deer and Calgary, Alberta, as a driver trainer and clerk (stenographer). He proceeded overseas on October 22, 1943 and was employed as a clerk with the 2nd Canadian Armoured Corps Reinforcement Unit in the UK and tank care. He was discharged on January 18, 1946 and received the Defence Medal, the 1939-45 War Medal, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. William passed away on January 1, 2003, and had been a member of the Melfort Branch #30 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 40 years. JARVIS, Jerome WWII Jerome was born in Dundurn, Saskatchewan, and came with his family in 1923 to Pine Torch district to homestead. The family moved to Prince George, British Columbia, in 1934. He joined the Heavy Artillery Paratroops at Prince Rupert in 1941 and served in Belgium and Germany and was in the jump over the Rhine. He was discharged in 1945 and lives at Kamloops, British Columbia. JENKINS, Kenneth John WWII Kenneth, the only son of John and Florence Jenkins, was born in Springside, Saskatchewan, on October 14, 1917. He joined the Army and took his basic training in October 1941 and later transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force and was honourably discharged at the rank of Corporal on compassionate grounds in the Spring of 1944. On May 21, 1949, he married Doris Chabaylo and they raised three girls and did farming. Kenneth passed away from cancer on November 9, 1970. JARVIS, Roy WWII Roy was born in Dundurn, Saskatchewan, and came with his family in 1923 to Pine Torch District to homestead. The family moved to Prince George, British Columbia, in 1934. He joined the Heavy Artillery at Prince Rupert in 1941 and served with the Medical Corps in Italy and Holland and was discharged in 1945. Roy lives in Prince George, British Columbia.
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