The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 223 MacLEOD, Malcolm Norman “Mac” WWII Mac was born in Saskatoon on March 21, 1923. He enlisted on March 3, 1943 in Regina and served in the United Kingdom and Northwest Europe with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. He was wounded by shrapnel from a bazooka while house clearing in Belgium on October 4, 1944 and flown by ambulance plane to a military hospital in Britain. Private MacLeod returned to Canada on a hospital ship in June 1945 and left the service on September 2, 1945 in Regina. Mac spent that year having reconstructive bone surgery in hospitals in Regina, Dundurn and Saskatoon then was released from DVA’s medical care in June 1946 with a disability pension. He worked as an entomology technician at the Saskatoon Research Station for Agriculture Canada until he retired in 1983. Married with three children, Mac is a Life Member of Nutana Legion Branch 362 and has held several positions on the Branch Executive, including the post of secretary and treasurer. MacMILLAN, Arthur Alexander “Alex” WWII Alex was born on October 19, 1921 in Kindersley, Saskatchewan. He enlisted with the RCAF in Saskatoon on January 6, 1941 and was trained as an airframe mechanic. He served at Dafoe, became a Leading Aircraftman then re-mustered for air crew. He trained as a pilot of single engine planes on Quebec stations and then went to Summerside, PE to train for coastal command. He went overseas as a Pilot Officer and was assigned to the RAF which did not need coastal pilots at the time. He retrained as a bomber pilot but after his Wellington crashed on a flight in England, he was posted to RAF Squadron 158 with No. 4 Bomber Group, and flew operational flights against submarines among the coastal islands. Alex returned home and left the service in Regina in October 1945. He became a Doctor of Optometry and practiced in Saskatoon until he retired. Married with a son and a daughter, Alex was a member of the City of Saskatoon Reserve Squadron 406 as a pilot. MacPHERSON, George Angus WWII George was born in 1917 in the Silverwood district of Wapella, Saskatchewan. He joined the 14th Canadian Field Company of the Royal Canadian Engineers and served in England, Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium and Holland during WWII. In 1951, George married Grace Loomes Bernard and they farmed in the Silverwood district while raising a family of five. He was a member of Wapella Legion Branch and Moosomin Legion Branch 81 before he died in 2010.
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