The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 37 BEAUCHESNE, Leo WWII Leo came with his parents to Zenon Park when he was two years old and attended Goyer School. He enlisted in the RCE on August 28, 1940 and served in Canada, England, France, Germany and Holland and was discharged on January 10, 1945. He married Rita Roy in 1946 and farmed for some time and also sold General Motor cars and Singer sewing machines and also worked for Bradshaw Brothers in Arborfield. He joined the Arborfield Legion in 1961 and Rita joined the Legion auxiliary. They moved to Red Deer, Alberta, and raised a family of six. BEAUCHESNE, Octave WWI Octave was born in Quebec. He married Lumina Landry after the war and went to work at a cotton factory in the United States. Their children, Leo and Emile, were born there. They moved to Zenon Park and eventually got a VLA homestead there where they raised eleven children in their large log home. BELL, Jack WWII Jack enlisted in the RCNVR and was discharged in 1945. He went to Arborfield that year from Saskatoon and purchased the drugstore from John McAdam. His wife, Kay, and children, Graham and Jacqueline arrived soon after. They rented a house from Mr. Soucy. The local Legion Branch #203 was reorganized and Jack and other Legion members built a new hall from a machine shed obtained from Denis Meeks. The family moved to Vermillion, Alberta, in 1956. BELANGER, Alfred WWII Alfred was born on August 28, 1917 at Ponteix, Saskatchewan. He enlisted on April 30, 1941 and served in the Army Service Corps (RCASC) “in wartime allied forces” and left the service on October 16, 1945 as a Private. Alfred is married.
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