LEST WE FORGET 113 EATON, Llewellyn Edwin WWII Llewellyn was born in Dallas, Texas on August 14, 1923. His parents were Homer and Laura Violet Kenny (Jones) Eaton. Prior to the family moving to Canada, Llewellyn lived in Dallas for two months, Detroit for 10 months and Chicago for one year. He had two brothers Gerald and Owen, and a half brother James Franklin (after his mother Violet re-married). The family arrived in Emerson, Manitoba on September 17, 1925, and later settled in New Osgoode, Saskatchewan. Llewellyn was working on his stepfather’s farm when he enlisted in Saskatoon at the age of 21 with the 3rd Canadian Armed Reconnaissance Regiment. He trained at Camp Dundurn. His plan was to become a mechanic after his war service was over. In total, he served 823 days with the 3rd Regiment, 404 of them when he was posted overseas in the Mediterranean Theatre of War. During the autumn and winter of 1944, Canadian forces were fighting on the Adriatic Coast with the object of breaking through the so-called ‘Gothic Line,’ the last major German defense separating the Allies from the Po Valley and the great Lombardy Plain in northern Italy. The allied advance was slow and involved step-by-step fighting. Attached to the Governor General’s Horse Guards, Trooper Eaton was killed in action on September 4, 1944, near Pesaro, Italy. He is buried at the Gradara British Empire Cemetery near Pesaro. ELL, Canisius Jacob WWII Canisius was born in Sedley, Saskatchewan, on May 20, 1925. He joined the Winnipeg Rifles on December 30, 1943 at age 19 and went overseas to the United Kingdom and then to Holland for four months before he was killed in Germany on April 10, 1945. He is buried in Holland. His brother was also in Holland at that time, but they could not get leave together. Sadly, they did not see each other before his death. EGELAND, Severt WWII Severt was born in Saskatchewan Landing in 1920. He joined the Army in 1940 and served as an artillery soldier in Canada, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. He and his dad spoke Norwegian, so Severt was used at times as an interpreter. He was discharged in 1945 and received the War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defence of Britain Medal, France and Germany Star and 1939-1945 Star. He passed away in 1983 and had been a member of Branch 56 of The Royal Canadian Legion for twenty years.
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