LEST WE FORGET 133 GARDINER, William “Billy” WWI Billy was a World War I veteran and came to the Megan District in 1933 from southern Saskatchewan, where his brother, Jimmy, was Minister of Agriculture in the Federal Government. Billy never married but enjoyed parties and dances put on in homes in the early days. He farmed and sold out in 1947, going to Manitoba. GARLICK, Charles WWI Charles was born on December 11, 1886, in Elkhorn, Manitoba to Walter and Alice (Mansfield) Garlick. His parents immigrated to Canada from England in 1882. They lived near Elkhorn, Manitoba until moving to the Hamona Colony in the Qu’Appelle Valley in 1899. They moved to their homestead in the Oak Knoll District near Rocanville, Saskatchewan a few years later. The family consisted of eleven children with Charlie as the fourth oldest. He enlisted in Moosomin on December 28, 1917 with the 10th CMR and spent one year training in Canada and three months with Fort Garry Horse in England. He went to France on May 22, 1916 with the 3rd Canadian Divisional Cavalry Squadron (16th Light Horse Unit) and served there for 35 months. During training, he was hospitalized with influenza and German Measles. Trooper Garlick was awarded a Good Conduct Badge on June 28, 1917. Charlie shipped back to Canada aboard the Northland on June 26, 1919 and was discharged on July 7, 1919. He ran a dray service in Rocanville for a time and also owned several lots in town during the 1940’s (co-owned with Fred Smith). Charlie passed away on April 19, 1969 in the Moosomin Hospital and is buried in the Webster Cemetery in Rocanville. GARLAND, Frederick WWI Frederick was born on November 2, 1893, in Whitewood, Saskatchewan, to John William and Hannah Maria (Norton) Garland. His parents were both born in Yorkshire, England before immigrating to Canada. There were six children in the family with one girl and five boys. Fred was the second oldest and all five boys served in World War I. He was working as a school teacher when he enlisted on December 20, 1915 in Broadview, Saskatchewan with the 217th Overseas Battalion. He sailed from Halifax aboard the Olympic on June 2, 1917. He was sent to France on November 8, 1917 with the 46th Battalion for eighteen months. He returned to England on May 6, 1919 and returned to Canada on June 6, 1919. There is nothing in Fred’s file to indicate that he was not an exemplary soldier. However, it would seem he suffered from a nervous breakdown precipitated by the stress of war. He never married and according to the 1926 census, he was living at Weyburn Mental Hospital (age 32). Private F. Garland passed away on June 30, 1955 and is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
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