LEST WE FORGET 259 LOVING, Leslie Roland Bond WWII Leslie was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1921. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1939. He eventually ended up in Europe flying with he RCAF 424 Squadron. In 1942, he was the pilot on a low-level attack on a German submarine base near Bremen. His determined effort resulted in a successful mission. For this action, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in May 1943. Unfortunately, he went missing in action in November 1944 over Boucham Germany. F/L Loving is remembered at the Canadian Virtual War Memorial in Surrey, United Kingdom. In addition to the DFC, he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, France and Germany Star, Bomber Command Clasp, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, and War Medal 1939-1945. He was posthumously awarded Operation Wings (over forty missions) and his next of kin were awarded the Memorial Cross GRV1. A true Canadian Hero. MacDONALD, Cliff R. WWII Cliff joined the 67th L.L.A. Battery at Rosetown in 1941. He took basic training in Rosetown and Petawawa, Ontario. On November 14, 1941, the 67th Boarded the cruise ship Durban Castle and landed at Grenock, Scotland. Intensive training followed in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. He spent two and a half years on light anti-aircraft sites in southern, England. In March 1944, the 67th was demobilized and about ninety men were transferred to the 4th Division as heavy machine gunners. They landed on Juno Beach in July 1944. In August 1944, Cliff, with about fourteen others, volunteered to go to the 5th Anti-tank regiment which advanced through France, Belgium and Holland and in March 1945, entered Germany and ended up at Durenberger “Near Oldenburg”. On May 5, 1944, they got orders to quit shooting. Their war was over. On May 7, Germany surrendered. Cliff was discharged on January 6, 1946. LUND, William Orvil “Odie” WWII William was born in 1909 in Maryfield, Saskatchewan on a farm the youngest of ten and grew up in Manitoba. He was a talented hockey player who played for teams in Kenora, Ontario and Weyburn, Yorkton and finally Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan where he worked for his brother-in-law in the local butcher shop. He enlisted in 1942 and served in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in Europe until 1945. After the war, he returned toYellow Grass and married Shirle Wilken. They took over the Yellow Grass Post Office from her father and ran it until 1969 when they retired. William passed away in 1984.
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