The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 49 BERANEK, Robert “Bob” WWII Bob was born in 1922 in Plunkett, SK where he attended school until the family lost their house to fire. They then moved to Saskatoon, SK where he attended Pleasant Hill School and Bedford Road. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 and served as a Bombardier in England. He returned to Canada in 1944 and was stationed at Dafoe, SK where he was an instructor. Bob’s three brothers, Ed, Stan and Jerry, were also in the Forces. BERANEK, Stanley Joseph “Stan” WWII Stan was born to Jerome Frank and Marie Antoinette Beranek in 1919 in Plunkett, SK. He took his early schooling there, finishing in Saskatoon, SK at Pleasant Hill and Bedford Road. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 and served as a Pilot Officer with # 408 Goose Squadron. On June 19, 1942, he was flying a Hampton over the English Channel when it crashed and the whole crew was lost. He is buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy, France. There is a geo-memorial named in his honour: Beranek Lake, west of Missinipe, SK at (73P10) 55o 33’ 104o 56’. BERGREN, Howard WWII Howard was born in Saskatoon, SK on December 22, 1919 and was raised on a farm north of Viscount, SK, where he also did his schooling and farmed with his dad before and after the war. He joined the Army in 1941, serving in Regina, SK and Kingston, ON, and then was discharged in 1945. Howard and his wife, Freda Sexsmith, raised a family of five. In 1976, they retired to Saskatoon where he was active in the community, especially St. John’s Lutheran Church and the local school board. Howard passed away February 4, 2006.
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