215 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND MEIKLEJOHN, Robert B. Robert was born in Harriston, Ontario on September 26, 1907. He joined the Canadian 16th Field Ambulance, 4th Armoured Division, in June 1940 to serve as a surgeon. In 1943, Major Meiklejohn served with the 3rd Canadian Field Surgical Unit attached to the British 10th Corps which had been seconded to the American 5th Army on the push through Italy. In January 1945, he joined up with the 2nd Canadian Corps in Holland then returned to Canada in October 1945. He received the 1939-45 Star, the Italy Star, the France and Germany Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the Defence Medal and the War Medal 1939-45. After the war, Robert set up his obstetrics and gynecological practice at St. Michael’s Hospital, and later moved to the Toronto Western Hospital where he served as Department Head from 1957 to 1970. Concurrently, he taught at the University of Toronto. Dr. Meiklejohn retired in 1985 and was a member of Harriston Legion Branch 296 for fifty-four years before he passed away on December 2, 2008. MERRITHEW, Haldene Owen Haldene was born in Lower South Hampton, New Brunswick on June 4, 1925. He joined the Army in January 1944 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment, North Shore Regiment in England, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Holland where he recalls the Canadians being given the task of freeing the country. Private Merrithew’s unit advanced to Amersfoort where the Canadian and German generals arranged a truce to allow the Allies to deliver food to the Dutch who were starving. Convinced they were cut off from the rest of their army, the Germans surrendered on May 5, 1945. Haldene was discharged in June 1946. He also served from March 1949 to November 1974 with the UN in Tanzania and Korea. He was with the 1st Battalion, R22eR as a Pioneer Officer. Haldene was awarded the Military Cross because of an incident in a Korean mine field on October 22, 1952. He was a member of the Rothesay Legion Branch in New Brunswick and the Almonte Legion Branch in Ontario for a total of forty-two years before he died on November 2, 2010. MERCIER, Joseph Louis Camille “Bud” Bud was born in Nash Creek, New Brunswick on April 2, 1927. He joined the Army at #2 District Depot on November 22, 1944 and served in Canada and England, holding the position of Sapper, meaning pioneer or combat engineer, likely in the North Shore Unit. He was demobilized on February 19, 1947. Bud entered the regular component of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Army on April 16, 1951 and by the early sixties, he had joined the Peacekeepers in Cyprus. He achieved Corporal status and on November 3, 1972, he was honourably discharged. He worked as a civilian at Base Borden and joined local Legions to help with their initiatives. Bud died on October 27, 1997. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the War Service Class Medal #1087726, the Canadian Forces Decoration and First Clasp and the Queen Elizabeth II Medal, allowing the initials CD to be added to his name. Bud was a member of Creemore Legion Branch 397 before he passed away on October 27, 1996.
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