Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 151 MELLISH, Frank Robert AFGHANISTAN Warrant Officer Frank Robert Mellish (1968 – September 03, 2006) age 38 from Truro, NS, and Summerside, PEI. Served with 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment based in Pettawawa, ON. Mellish joined the cadets while in high school in PEI, and joined the Canadian Army shortly after graduation. He was killed during a firefight with Taliban insurgents west of Kandahar. Mellish was married to Kendra Stordy, who serves in the Air Force, whom he met while in cadets – they had two sons. W.O. Mellish was on his 7th overseas deployment, his 2nd toAfghanistan. During one of these deployments to the former Yugoslavia, his father, Barry Mellish, was also deployed there at the same time serving with the R.C.M.P. Submitted by Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion. MERSEREAU, Byron McLeod WWI &WWII Byron was born in New Brunswick in 1894, son of Taylor Trueman and Minnie (McLeod) Mersereau, and served overseas in WWI with the 21st Howitzer Battery in England, France and Belgium. He served at Vimy Ridge, the Somme and Ypres among other places. He enlisted again when WWII began and served with the Veterans Guard in Fredericton before joining the Forestry Corps and going overseas to serve in England and Scotland. He married Winnifred Bunker and worked in civilian life for the CPR and retired to Middle Stewiacke. He passed away in 1982. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. MILLEN, Raymond Lee WWI &WWII Ray, son of James Andrew and Margaret (Watson) Millen of South Branch, was born in 1896 and served in the militia in WWI and signed up again in WWII. He achieved the rank of Major. After the war, he was employed as a locomotive engineer. He married (1) Catherine McIntosh, and (2) Pearl (Graham) Cooper, daughter of George and Matilda (Harrison) Graham of Cross Roads and lived in Pembroke for a time, and later in Truro. Ray passed away in 1976. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. MERSEREAU, Helen Jeanette WWII Helen was born in Tracyville, NB, in 1925, daughter of Byron and Winnifred Mersereau, and enlisted in the RCAF, Women’s Division in 1943, serving as a stenographer in Ottawa, Halifax and Scoudouc. She trained as a Dental Assistant while serving in New Brunswick. She married Richard (Dick) Kenrick of Middle Stewiacke and lived in that community for many years. She now lives in Brookfield. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
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