The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 249 MacLAUGHLAN, Alex WWII Alex came to the Wawota-Glen Adelaide area in 1935. He joined the Army in 1940 and was overseas serving in Continental Europe until 1945. He purchased a farm through the Veterans’ Land Act in 1947 and the family lived there until 1953, at which time they moved to Virden, Manitoba, where Alex was employed by an oil company. MacNUTT, Russell WWII Russell was born in 1896. He enlisted in the RCA and went overseas. After his discharge, Russ, Pearl and their two children, Charlie and Mary, moved to Arborfield, Saskatchewan, where they bought Sam Hall’s Store and house. The children helped in the store and their youngest daughter, Lorene, and her husband moved to Arborfield in 1952. Russ and Pearl transferred their Legion memberships to Arborfield from Saltcoats and helped reorganize The Legion there. Pearl was a Charter Member, first President, and was also a zone rep. Pearl passed away in September 1967, and Russ had a stroke, sold the store and moved back to Saltcoats, where he passed away in February 1973. MALONEY, Albert Bunnis WWII Albert was born in Mossbank, Saskatchewan, in 1922. He enlisted with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, serving as a wireless operator with the Elgin Regiment and saw active duty in England, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. After the war, he crossed the Arctic with the Muskox Expedition and did some custom combining before he moved to Flin Flon to work for HBM and S as an underground miner for 30 years before retiring in 1982. He married Audrey Patterson and they raised two daughters. Albert moved back to Mossbank, where he was the pest control agent for many years. He has enjoyed active service with the Mossbank Branch #011 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 65 years. MacPHAIL, Lloyd Alexander WWII Lloyd, son of Jack and Emma MacPhail, was born on March 25, 1916 in Ontario. He enlisted with the South Saskatchewan Regiment in Weyburn at age 24 and trained with the 2nd Canadian Division and left for active service on the ship “Penland” and continued his training in England, where he received his credentials as a Military Police Officer. During his service, Lloyd had also partaken in the fateful Dieppe Raid of August 19, 1942, where his Division was to seize “Jubilee” (operation name for Dieppe) and vicinity and occupy the area around Dieppe. The 2nd Division also embarked on the invasion of Germany via Normandy, Belgium and Holland. On September 2, 1945, Lloyd returned home and was discharged in 1946. Lloyd had battle scars he carried from shrapnel embedded throughout his body. He married Grace Leguee in 1946 and raised four children, settling and farming near the town of Ogema, Saskatchewan, for over thirty years. Lloyd passed away in 1986 at the age of 70 and Grace passed away eleven years later in 1997 also at age 70. He was proud to have served his country, as did his stepfather, Alexander MacPhail, who served with the 152nd Battalion during WWI.
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