The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 207 LAFONTAINE, Hyacinthe Joseph WWII Hyacinthe served as a Private with the 107th Battalion of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces during World War I. He also served during World War II in Medicine Hat as a driver/guard from 1939-1942. LAFONTAINE, Léon WWII Léon served in Europe with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regiment) from February 17, 1917 until September 13, 1918 when he was killed in action in France. Private Lafontaine is buried at Duisans British Cemetery in Pas-de-Calais. LAING, William “Bill” WWII Bill was born in Stockholm, Saskatchewan on November 15, 1921. He enlisted in Regina in August 1942 in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served in Alaska, the United Kingdom and Northwest Europe. He says he served on fighter squadrons 111 and 440 but cannot give a name to his job. However, on both jobs, he had to find pilots to fly the planes required for a specific mission and that involved a fair bit of phoning. He left the service in Winnipeg in the spring of 1946 as Leading Aircraftman. After the war, he worked for a time with his father who was an Imperial Oil agent in Stockholm and then became a Wheat Pool country elevator agent at Spy Hill, Steelman and Wordsworth. Later, he worked in the potash mine at Esterhazy, Saskatchewan. Married with a son and two daughters, Bill joined the Stockholm Legion Branch 265 and was also a member at Spy Hill before moving to Saskatoon.
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