The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 67 CAMERON, Archie Harold WWII Archie was born in Langdon, North Dakota, USA, in 1920. He joined the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers serving in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. He received the 1939-45 Star, the France/Germany Star and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. He was a member of the Saskatchewan Tompkins Branch #40 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 40 years before he passed away on May 21, 1985. CAMERON, Dugald Jonathan WWII Dugald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on August 28, 1913. He joined the RCOC and served in Canada, being stationed in Newfoundland and Labrador as a mechanic. He had a medical discharge after a motor cycle accident in which he smashed his leg. He married Evelyn Burrows in 1936 and they had three children: Douglas in 1938, and Jean in 1949. When he returned from the war he started a mechanical repair shop in Montreal and lived there until 1948 when he moved the family to Regina where he worked as a mechanic for Regina White Trucks. Dugald passed away on September 14, 1980. CAMPBELL, Clifford Frank WWII Frank was born in Ethelton, Saskatchewan, in 1924 and farmed there for 20 years. He sold the farm in 1966 and moved to Calgary and then to St. Albert, Alberta, where he sold farm machinery. In 1969, he bought a Trailer Court in Surrey, British Columbia, then sold and worked as a welder for a garbage company repairing cans. He joined the Air Force and served in England and Italy. After the war, he and his wife took a job as managers of a high-rise in Burnaby and worked there until they retired in 1993 in Penticton, British Columbia. In 2009, Frank was still enjoying life at 85 years old. He received the 193945 Star, the Italy Star, the 1939-45 Voluntary Service Medal, the Defence Medal, and the George VI Defence Medal. He has been a member of the Meskanaw #420, the Newton Penticton #40 and the Melfort #30 Branches of The Royal Canadian Legion for 62 years. CAMERON, Richard Lee WWII Richard was born in Munich, North Dakota, USA, in 1925, son of Duncan and Mary, and came to Canada in 1927 to settle in Tompkins in 1937. He went overseas at a young age to join the Army and fight for his country but was captured as a prisoner of war and liberated in 1944. After returning home, he married and raised two children. The family lived in Alberta and after a long hard battle with cancer, he passed away on June 11, 2000, and his ashes were interred in the Grande Prairie Cemetery. May he rest in peace! Richard’s name is on the Honour Role at Tompkins Legion Branch #140.
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