Military Service Recognition Book 436 ONTARIO COMMAND ROGER, Frederick Ewart “Fred” Fred was born in London, England on November 24, 1923. He joined the General Service Corps and enlisted in the Army in January of 1943 as a Royal Engineer driving equipment trucks for port construction and repair company. Fred’s battalion sailed from Tilbury, England to Normandy, France in July 1944. They established a base camp for supplies for the main force coming from England. He later went to Brugges in Belgium for more army work and then to the coast of Holland repairing lock gates, bridges, etc. After D-Day, the battalion went to northern Germany as part of the occupation forces to reopen the railway to Berlin. Fred returned to England in May of 1947. In civilian life, Fred worked in a factory in London, England making musical instruments and later, with his family, immigrated to Canada and initially settled in Toronto in 1958 where he worked as a purchasing officer with the Provincial Government until his retirement in 1987. Fred has been a Legion member for twenty-seven years and currently is a member of the Harriston Legion Branch 296. ROLLINGS, Arnold W. Arnold was born in Weston on August 23, 1915. He joined the 44th Rhodesia Squadron on March 11, 1941 as a Flying officer – Navigator and served in Canada and England during World War II. Arnold was killed in action in the Netherlands on May 1, 1943. He is buried in the Dalfsen General Cemetery in the Netherlands. ROLAND, David V. David was born on January 10, 1920 in Red Deer, Alberta. He joined the Royal Canadian Signal Corp and served in England, Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium and Holland during World War II. He was wounded at the Battle of Ortona and was discharged in October of 1945. He was awarded the Member British Empire (MBE) for the crossing of the Lamone River in Italy.
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