LEST WE FORGET 287 PHIPPS, John A. WWII John was born in 1921 in the Ingleside District of Marchwell, Saskatchewan. He joined the 2nd Br. Scottish Regiment on January 29, 1942 and served in Canada, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe as a Red Cross Stretcher Bearer and was discharged on March 27, 1946. After his discharge, he returned to Canada and married Susan in 1946 and had a family of two and worked in various lumber yards, some as manager and finally settled down in Watrous, Saskatchewan. John received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defence Medal and France and Germany Star. He passed away in Watrous, Saskatchewan, on January 9, 1983. PICKERELL, Leonard David WWII Leonard was born in Leslie, Saskatchewan, on September 30, 1919. He joined Lord Strathcona’s Horse Regiment (Royal Canadians) on March 23, 1941 and served in Europe and was discharged on September 29, 1945. He was one of six brothers in the service at the same time and all came back safe. Leonard passed away on December 4, 2001. PICKERELL, Gordon Thomas WWII Gordon was born in Leslie, Saskatchewan, in 1916. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force on December 15, 1942 in Regina and was listed as “Special Reserve.” He took his basic training on December 28, 1942 and was assigned to the “Driver Transport” Unit with a rank of AC 2 “S” (Aircraftsman 2nd Class) and was discharged four years later with the rank of LAC. He was sent to Brandon, Manitoba, then Rivers for more basic training and Rockcliffe, Ontario, taking driver training at Trenton from March 19 to April 1, 1943 and transferred to Lachine, PQ, and boarded a ship for England and arriving on January 11, 1944. Soon after arriving in England, he was sent to Bournemouth and started having a problem with his stomach suffering from a duodenal ulcer and spent some time in the Canadian Military Hospital in London. He returned home to Canada on July 17, 1944 and spent time in and out of hospitals and was then transferred to Rivers to work in transportation. He was given an honourable discharge in Winnipeg on January 28, 1946. He returned home to his family to start farming before moving the family to their new house across the road and was then able to rent part of a school’s section with the help of the VLA and farmed until the early 1950s, then moved into Foam Lake, Saskatchewan. Gordon passed away in 1988.
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