LEST WE FORGET 59 BAYNTON, Milfred “Mel” WWII Mel was born on July 12, 1918 on a farm in the Piapot District. He spent five years overseas with the Army. After the war, he worked at numerous places, including the glass factory in Redcliff, Alberta, the post office in Edmonton, a farm in Ontario and finally, as a service man of windmills for the P.F.R.A. until 1979. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 56, the Senior Citizens Activity Centre, the Frontier Bowling Club, the Odds and Ends Band, and the old-time Fiddlers Group. His main hobby was repairing violins, but also enjoyed playing cards and going for coffee. In his early years, Mel rode in several rodeos in Alberta and Saskatchewan. He was a true cowboy at heart. He passed away at the age of 76 on April 23, 1995 in Swift Current, SK and is buried in a Soldier’s Plot at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. BECKER, John George WWI John was born in Langenburg, Saskatchewan on September 5, 1899. He joined the Royal Air Force on July 28, 1917 and was stationed in Ontario. He became ill with tuberculosis and received a medical discharge on January 7, 1918 and was admitted to Fort San. After he was released, he spent a summer selling tombstones. He married Greta in 1923 and returned home to Langenburg in 1925. He started working with his father at the Rex Garage. He retired as owner/manager in 1970 and moved to Regina. He had one child. BEATTY, Earl WWII Earl was born in Carlyle, Saskatchewan. He joined the South Saskatchewan Regiment in Weyburn in the spring of 1940. He took his basic training at Camp Shilo in Manitoba. In October 1940, he went to Toronto and in December the regiment was sent to England. They arrived on Christmas Day. Two years later, Eliza Beatty (Earl’s mother) was notified that Earl had been killed during the Dieppe Raid in 1942 at the young age of 21 years. Earl was later honoured when an island in Northern Saskatchewan was named after him.
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