LEST WE FORGET 247 MINTY, David Edgar WWI The youngest of twelve children born to James Herb and Elizabeth (McLean) Minty, David was born in Regina on August 18, 1888. He grew up in Lumsden and on the family homestead in Rocanville where he attended Oak Knoll School. David was drafted under MSA and enlisted in Regina on March 28, 1918 with the 1st Depot Battalion, Sask Regiment. He sailed from Halifax on April 17, 1918 aboard the SS Melita. He arrived in England on April 28, 1918. He was in hospitals such as Woodcote and Epsom with gastric issues, myalgia, and a heart condition. He served in England with the 1st Depot Battalion and the 15th Reserve. He was stationed at Ripon and Whitley camps from September 1918 to July 1919 awaiting repatriation back to Canada. He left Ripon on July 17, 1919 aboard the SS Winifredian. He was discharged in Canada on August 1, 1919. David married Isabella Ledgerwood on October 27, 1920 in Brandon, Manitoba and they farmed north-east of Rocanville. David was later a chiropractor and had a practice in Minnedosa, Manitoba. His wife, Isabel, died in 1951 (buried at Webster Cemetery in Rocanville) and David remarried Rose Wilkinson. David died on October 22, 1967 and is buried at Onanole, Manitoba. Four of David’s older brothers went to Davenport, IA to study to be chiropractors with practices in Manitoba. David was in Strathclair, Minnedosa and Onanole. MITCHELL, Charles Arthur WWI Charles was born on March 27, 1896, in Detroit, Michigan, to Arthur William and Mary Ellen (Stubbins) Mitchell. He was the eldest of five children. He enlisted on March 22, 1916 in Moosomin, Saskatchewan with the 217th Battalion. While training in Regina, he had four bouts of appendicitis before surgery on December 6, 1916 in the Regina General Hospital. The operation set off a series of medical complications – pneumonia, a blood clot and inflammation and swelling in his left leg. His stay in hospital was extended and he was left unable to walk more than half a mile. He was discharged on July 31, 1917 as physically unfit for service. Charles married Cora Howie of Welby, Saskatchewan and in 1932 they purchased the farm in Bear Creek from his father. Charles worked as a mechanic in Tantallon. In 1935, the family moved to Elkhorn, Manitoba where Charles was employed as Pool elevator agent. Charles and Cora had six children, two girls and four boys. Charles died in 1979. He and Cora are buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Moosomin.
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