The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 305 MORELLI, James Fred “Jim” WWII Jim was born in Plunkett, SK on April 13, 1921. He joined the Army in 1944 and served in Canada, as the war was over before he could be shipped overseas. His brother, Ed, also enlisted. Discharged in 1945, Jim was an aeronautical engineer who lived and worked in Montreal, QC. He married Colleen, with whom he had two children, and then later married Kaye Ford. He died on October 4, 1999 in Montreal. MORELLI, John Louis WWII John was born on January 23, 1925 to Polly and Louis Morelli in Plunkett, SK and he went to the Badger and Plunkett schools. He was very good at sports, especially hockey, baseball and softball, and he farmed with his dad before enlisting. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943 and was released just before the war ended. He reenlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy as a flying instructor and was a Sub Lieutenant on HMS Merganser. John married Irene Scott just before returning to England, and he died on November 15, 1945 with two students when their Barracuda aircraft stalled joining a formation just off the coast of Scotland. He is commemorated on the Lee-onSolent Memorial, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, for members of Fleet Arm who died with no known grave. John and his sister, Helen (Stogran) along with first cousins Ed, and Jim Morelli, all enlisted. MORELLI, Jordan Edwin PEACETIME Jordan was born on April 11, 1974 in Saskatoon, SK. On June 5, 1992, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in Kingston, ON and served as a Lieutenant in Canada before being discharged in August 1996. He is the grandson of Ed Morelli and is currently teaching at Queen’s University and at the Royal Military College in Kingston. Jordan is a member of RCL Viscount Branch 271 and has been a second vice-president.
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