LEST WE FORGET 199 KELLINGTON, Thomas Arthur “Tom” WWII Tom was born on December 7, 1923, in Eston, Saskatchewan, the son of Thomas and Mabel (Hewlitt) Kellington. He enlisted as Aircraftman in the Royal Canadian Air Force on April 22, 1943 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He completed initial training in Toronto and St. Thomas, Ontario and was posted to Lethbridge, Alberta. He also served on air bases in Assiniboia and Swift Current, SK and Calgary, AB. He was released on March 12, 1946 in Calgary. Tom died on December 12, 1972 in Rosetown, SK. KELLINGTON, William WWI William was born on December 23, 1895, in Uxbridge, Ontario, the son of James Henry and Julia Alice (Middleton) Kellington. He went west to join his older brother who had homesteaded in Saskatchewan. On May 28, 1918, he enrolled in Regina, SK as a Private in the Saskatchewan Regiment and served in the Depot Battalion until September 20, 1918. He married Mildred DeVore from Nebraska in October 1918 in Francis, SK and they went to Peoria, Illinois with their Saskatchewan-born daughter in about 1920.William died on May 25, 1984 in Wyoming, Illinois. KELLINGTON, Wilfred Pierce WWI &WWII Wilfred was born to James Vines and Anna Laura (McLaughlin) Kellington on January 28, 1896 in Rosedale Municipality, MB and came with his parents and siblings to a homestead at Naicam, SK. On October 27, 1916, he enlisted in Watson, SK as a Private with the 214th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force. While in the trenches in France, he suffered poison gas attacks and was wounded in the head and leg on August 8, 1918. He was released in Regina on January 24, 1919. Wilfred re-enlisted as a Private in the Canadian Army (Active) on July 23, 1940 and was in Halifax, bound for England, when he was found to be too old. He was returned to Regina and transferred to the Canadian Provost Corps.Wilfred was released on medical grounds on April 27, 1942. He passed away while visiting his brother in Red Deer, AB on July 6, 1980 and is interred in the Naicam Cemetery.
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