The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 237 McCORRISTON, Mervin WWII Mervin was born in Quill Lake, Saskatchewan in 1913. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served with the 408 Squadron in Canada and England, completing 36 flights over enemy territory. Mervin was a farmer and a member of Quill Lake Legion Branch 37 for ten years before he passed away in 1956. He is buried in St. Michael’s Cemetery, north of Quill Lake. McCORRISTON, Nellie WWII Nellie was born in Quill Lake, Saskatchewan in 1926. She joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served in Canada as a Leading Aircraftwoman. After discharge, Nellie married and moved to Vancouver Island where she raised 3 children. McCOWAN, Fred WWI Fred was born in 1884 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and came to Quill Lake, Saskatchewan in 1920. During WWI, he joined the Canadian Army and served with the 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Islanders, and the 230 Forestry Division in Canada, England and France where he was wounded and hospitalized. Fred married and had 6 children. He died in 1965 and is buried in Quill Lake Cemetery.
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