LEST WE FORGET 255 McARTHUR, Neil Almer WWII Almer was born on May 17, 1918 in Sunningdale, Saskatchewan. He enlisted on January 17, 1941 with the 14th Army Tank Regiment (The Calgary Tanks) and was shipped overseas in June 1941. He drove tank #6 ‘Bert’ in the raid on Dieppe, code name ‘Operation Jubilee’. He became a Prisoner of War and was kept at three different camps: Stalag VIIB, 344 and 11D. On May 2, 1945, Germany surrendered. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, 1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945 and Dieppe Bar. After discharge from the Army he returned to Battleford and married Annie Lacey in 1946. The family moved to the Vancouver area in 1956, where he resided until his death on January 12, 1994. He was interred at West Eagle Hills Cemetery in Prongua, SK. McCULLOCH, Robert Joffre WWII Robert was born in Leroy, Saskatchewan. He enlisted in the Army during World War II and served as a signalman in England. He caught Tuberculosis as a young man in the military tunnels. He had only a part of one lung and was discharged on May 4, 1943. Robert was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion in Leroy until he moved to British Columbia. Robert is deceased. McCLAIN, Harold Calven WWI Harold was born in Carman, Manitoba, on December 1, 1896. His parents, Thomas Charles and Margaret McClain, moved to Glenside, Saskatchewan. Harold’s address when he enlisted in the Army in Regina on June 18, 1918 was Broderick, where he farmed. While in England with the 1st Saskatchewan Depot Battalion, Harold contracted a severe case of influenza. He was hospitalized for almost seventy days with a high fever. In view of his long, debilitating illness, his doctors recommended that he be invalided back to Canada for further medical treatment. He was discharged in Regina on June 20, 1919 and passed away four months later on October 16, 1919. He is buried in the Outlook Cemetery.
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