499 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND WHITE, Robert J. Robert was born on November 12, 1916 in Copper Cliff, ON. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II from September 16, 1940 until December 4, 1945. He was a Training Flying Officer instructing Commonwealth pilots in western Canada until 1944. He then transferred to the East coast where he flew convoy escort in the North Atlantic. After the war, he was active in the 79th Lynton Davies Air Cadet Squadron and served as Commanding Officer for several years. He was a member of the Port Colborne and Sudbury Legion Branches for 50 years. After 18 years of enjoyable retirement at his cottage in Northern Ontario, he died in his sleep on August 31, 1995. WHITEHEAD, Edward C. Edward was born on September 13, 1923 in Simcoe, ON. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in January of 1942 after taking 26 weeks basic training (air engineering) in Galt, ON. He served during World War II on the East coast of Nova Scotia and was then posted to Reykjavik, Iceland as an A.E.M. Flight Engineer on the Catalina’s (flying boat) and Canso’s that patrolled the seas for enemy subs. He was discharged in 1945. His medals are 1939 – 1945 Star, Defence Medal, Victory Medal, 1939 – 1945 War Medal and 4 bars including C.V.S.M. and Clasp. After his discharge, he moved to Toronto in 1950 and joined the Ontario Provincial Police until 1964, He moved to Oshawa to work as a claims investigator for W.I.S.B. While living in Oshawa, he got his private pilot’s license at Oshawa Airport and retired in 1981. He was a member of the Port Perry Legion Branch 419 for 15 years before he passed away on December 22, 2005. WHITE, Thomas L. Thomas was born on August 17, 1921 in Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario. He served with the Army during World War II. He was a member if the St. Mary’s Legion Branch 236 for 30 years before he passed away on March 23, 1994.
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