373 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND TURCOTTE, Emile J. F. “Mickey” Mickey was born in Macamic, QC on April 1, 1921. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on October 7, 1941 and served with No. 434 Squadron in England during World War II. At 2:00 AM on October 9, 1943, on his seventh mission, he became a prisoner of war when his plane was shot down. Mickey was the only one of his crew to parachute to safety. Flight Lieutenant Turcotte was discharged on September 17, 1945. His medals include the 1939-45 Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, the Air Observer’s Badge and the Air Force Cross. He was a member of Kapuskasing Legion Branch 85 for over 25 years. Mickey passed away on October 25, 2006. VIDLER, George C. George was born on June 22, 1921 in Guilds, ON. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army on July 29, 1940 and served with the 1st Canadian Division of the Royal Canadian Regiment as a Bren gun carrier driver in Italy, Holland, Belgium, and Great Britain during World War II. Georges was part of the Liberation of Holland. He was discharged on November 9, 1945 and became a stationary engineer at International Harvester in Chatham, ON. He married Jeannette Apfeld and they had four children. While he attended the 50th anniversary ceremony in Holland in 1995 he met his nephew, who was onboard HMCS Toronto. He was a dedicated member of Corporal Harry Miner, V.C. Legion Branch 185 for over 50 years. George passed away on November 25, 2009. VIDLER, Charles S. Charles was born in Hastings, England on July 15, 1891. He came to Canada in 1913 to find work and worked in the farming industry. Charles enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army on February 22, 1915 and served with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, 18th Battalion during World War I. After the war, he went back to Guilds, ON where he farmed and met his wife Laurraine “Molly” Patterson. They were married in 1920 and had four sons and a daughter. They moved outside of Erieau and farmed there until their farm was flooded during the storm of 1929. He worked for the Lake Erie Navigation Company as a hoist engineer and was also the village Fire Chief in 1930 and Police Constable. Charles passed away in December 1953 of a heart attack.
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