The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 245 McINTOSH, John Lloyd G. WWII John was born in Quill Lake, Saskatchewan in 1919. He joined the Canadian Army and served as a Sergeant in Canada and overseas during World War II. John, a mechanic, married and had 3 children. He was a member of Quill Lake Legion Branch 37 and a Calgary Legion for 37 years. John died in 1983. McKELLER, Lawrence E. “Lorne” WWII Lorne was born on June 24, 1918 on a farm near Radisson, Saskatchewan. He enlisted on October 28, 1941 in Saskatoon and became an Aero engine mechanic, serving in the United Kingdom with 426 Thunderbird Squadron of No. 6 Bomber Group in Yorkshire. Corporal McKeller left the service on September 8, 1945 in Moncton, New Brunswick. Before the war, he had worked on the family farm; afterwards, he took a short course in agricultural engineering at the University of Saskatchewan and joined DVA’s Veterans Land Administration, serving as field officer and district manager in Prince Albert and Winnipeg, superintendent of administration and budgeting for the western region from Saskatoon until he retired in 1980. In 1989, he won the Legion’s Saskatchewan Provincial Golf Tournament at Swift Current. He was a charter member of 426 Thunderbird Squadron Association, served as vice-president, regional representative and coordinated the 7th Biennial Reunion in Saskatoon in 1988 with 334 persons registered. Lorne married and raised two sons and two daughters. McKELLER (nee DAVIES), Margaret Ashton WWII Margaret was born on October 14, 1922 in Medstead, Saskatchewan. She enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division in Prince Albert on January 8, 1943 and served at several locations in Canada and in the United Kingdom as a clerk steno. Leading Airwoman left the service in Winnipeg on April 26, 1946. In 1948, she married Lorne McKeller and they raised two sons and two daughters.
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