LEST WE FORGET 253 MERRIMAN, Arthur David WWI Arthur was born in Chippen Campden, Gloucestershire, England, on September 1, 1895. He enlisted with the 188th overseas Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Forces “D” Company on November 9, 1915, and left England in November 1916 for front line service in France, where he remained until November 1918, and a further five months after armistice was signed, and returned to Springside on May 24, 1919. He was discharged on May 23, 1919. He farmed until the winter of 1919, when he took a telegraphy course under the returned Veteran’s Policy. Arthur worked for the CPR until July 1926, when he returned to farming until 1985, when he was forced to retire after suffering a stroke. He was wounded twice in the war. Arthur passed away on November 13, 1989. METCALF, Donald Leslie WWI Donald Leslie Metcalf was born in Wilmot, North Dakota on May 23, 1892. He emigrated to Canada with family in 1906 and settled in the Macrorie area. In 1910, he set up his own homestead where he lived until 1979, when poor health required that he move to Swift Current. He had three brothers: Harold, Paul and Ray. Ray also served in World War I. Donald enlisted in Regina on August 8, 1918, with the 1st Battalion Saskatchewan Regiment. He was 25. His service took him to the United Kingdom where he arrived on July 22, 1918. Like thousands of soldiers in 1918 and 1919, he contacted influenza and required hospitalization at Bramshott General Hospital between October 5 and October 17, 1918. He served in France with the War Graves Detachment beginning May 24, 1919. By August 1, 1919, he was back in Canada where he returned to his homestead. He married Katherine Gowan Brown, a schoolteacher and immigrant from Scotland, on April 6, 1920. She passed away in 1954. Donald remarried Laura Lorentzen. Donald Metcalf died on June 2, 1980, at the age of 89. He is buried in the Macrorie Cemetery. MESZAROS, Emily Papp WWII Emily was born on August 14, 1921 in Hungary. She served with the Canadian Women’s Army Corps during World War II. She was trained as an Ambulance driver and she drove the huge lumbering ones that held three beds on each side. She also transported officers to wherever they needed to go, she loved every minute of it. Emily has been a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 87.
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