The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 33 BABIUK, William “Bill” WWII Bill was born in Saskatchewan on August 29, 1923. From 19411945, he served as a Lance Bombardier with the Royal Canadian Artillery, 6th Anti-Tank Regiment, in Canada, England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He also served with the King’s Own Calgary Rifles Infantry Unit from January 1952 to February 1953. Bill married and had six children. He was Legion Zone Commander, District Commander, was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, and was a member of Quill Lake Legion Branch 37 for fifty-four years. Bill died on June 21, 2000 and is buried in Quill Lake Cemetery. BACIK, Joseph WWII Joseph was born in Quill Lake, Saskatchewan in 1918. He joined the Royal Canadian Army and served as a Private in Regina for eleven months during World War II. He was buried in Quill Lake Cemetery after he passed away in March 2005 at the age of 87. Joseph was married. BAILEY, Theodore Reginald “Ted” WWII Ted was born in 1922 on a farm near Hazlet, Saskatchewan where he worked on a threshing crew before joining the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941. After taking his flying training, he went to England in May 1943 where he trained to fly four-engine bomber planes and qualified on Lancaster aircraft. Ted flew a tour of operations over Germany, and although they were shot at a time or two, he was not injured. Airmen were allowed to come home on leave before tours but the Air Force was in need of instructors to train other pilots on fourengine bombers, so Ted was denied leave. On one of these training flights on November 19, 1944, his plane disappeared over the North Sea with a full crew aboard. Flying Officer Bailey has no known grave but his name is engraved on the Runnymede War Memorial at Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England. Ted was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross after his death.
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