Military Service Recognition Book 506 ONTARIO COMMAND WOODS, Stanley Howard “Stan” Stanley was born in Meldrum Bay, Manitoulin Island on June 17, 1913. He attended public and high school in Gore Bay. After he finished school, he worked for Purvis Fisheries and spent two years at Michipicoten Island. Stan and his wife Fannie had five children, Kathleen (Moore), Doug, Morley, Peter and Barry. Peter and Barry were born after the war. He went to Sudbury and worked for International Nickel Co. in 1939. Stan enlisted in the Army on November 12, 1944 and served in Canada, England, France, Belgium and Holland during World War II. He joined the Army in Sudbury, took basic training in Brantford in the Infantry, and then advanced training at Camp Borden. He went overseas to British Isles in 1944 and transferred from sig. Corp. to the Military Police. While over there, he was sent with his company to Holland to escort Kurt Meyers back to England for interment. Kurt Meyers was a General in the German Army. He was charged for terrible atrocities on Canadian soldiers when they had been taken prisoners. Stan was one of his guards until he was shipped to Canada for interment. Stan returned to Canada in 1946 and back to civilian life, went back to work for Purvis after one year of sailing on Great Lakes. In July of 1950, he came to Wawa and worked for A.O.D. until his death on December 28, 1970. He was a Legion member in Wawa. One time when they were having a party at the Legion for Sir James Dunn and his guest C.D. Howe, with Bert Turner on the piano and Stan and Sir James with their arms on each other’s shoulders signing “Did your mother come from Ireland”, it was a good party. Canada remembers. WORRALL, Charles S. Charles was born in Bootle, England on October 31, 1923 and grew up in Woodstock, Ontario. He enlisted in the Army in 1940 and served in Canada, England, Italy and Holland. He joined the Oxford Rifles of Woodstock as a Cadet in the Bugle Band and entered the same unit entering World War II in 1940. Charles was sent to England with the 62nd Light anti-aircraft battery as a qualified Signaler. Among other duties, he rode a Triumph motorcycle for the RSM delivering dispatches as part of the Coastal Defence of England. Charles transferred to the 60th Field Battery as an Observation Post Assistant. He was part of the Canadian Division sent to Italy and completed the campaign. Next came the liberation of the Netherlands; until the end of World War II. Upon his discharge of the Army in July of 1945, Corporal Charles Worrall joined the OPP and was instrumental in building the St. Thomas Pipe Band with a lifetime involvement in several bands throughout the years. Charles has been a member of the Orillia Legion Branch 34 for sixty years. WOODS, Stanley M. Stanley was born in Sudbury, Ontario on August 14, 1941. He enlisted in the Army on January 21, 1960 and served in Canada and in Europe with the Canadian Signal Corps during Peacetime. He was discharged in 1963. Stanley returned to Wawa and worked as a miner in Ontario, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. He was a member of the Wawa Legion Branch 429. Stanley passed away on August 30, 1996.
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