281 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND HODSON, David M. David was born in Toronto, Ontario on October 18, 1956. He enlisted in the Army in March 2001 and served with the 2 PPCLI, Queen’s Own Rifles, and JAG. He served in Operation Enduring Freedom, NTM-A Afghanistan. While serving under American command, Major Hodson was recognized for his “Service to Afghanistan in promoting peace and prosperity”. Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, the highest ranking officer in the Afghan Army, presented the award to Major Hodson for his “immeasurable and positive impact in building an Afghan National Army that is capable of providing for the security of Afghanistan”. Upon his return from the war, Major Hodson, a lawyer, defended Canadian Forces members facing Court Martial, as well as civilians charged with criminal offences. He has been a member of the Port Perry Legion Branch for fifteen years. HOLMES, Joseph Gordon Gordon was born in Arkona, Ontario on April 11, 1917. He joined the Canadian Army in London, Ontario on November 17, 1941, and trained at Chatham and Ipperwash. In 1944, he transferred to the RCAF and was stationed in Arnprior, then St. Thomas and later Aylmer, Ontario where he received his Flight Engineer Wing. Gordon was then posted to Bournemouth, England and subsequently to 427 Squadron, RCAF at Leeming Bar, Yorkshire. He had three brothers in the RCAF and one in the Canadian Army. As a civilian, Gordon was a member of the Forest Legion Branch 176 for 47 years. He was President of the Branch in 1954 and was later awarded the Life Membership Pin. In 1959, he was a founding member of the Forest Legion Pipe Band, which remains active. Gordon passed away on July 15, 1996. HOHNER, Kenneth Christian “Ken” Born in Hamilton, Ontario on April 18, 1923, Ken Hohner left his job as a butcher to join the Army in early 1943. Having had a couple of years of high school, and knowing how to type, Ken was trained as a clerk, and ended up working for the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineer units in Ipperwash, Petawawa and Prince Edward Island during World War II. He earned the rank of Sergeant and was discharged after the war, in late 1945. He earned the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the 1939-45 War Medal. After the war, he returned to work in his father’s butcher shop, but later worked for Electrohome, and then Toyota Store Fixtures, where he installed storefronts for Zellers, Woolco and Woolworth’s. His hobby was making wooden toys. He married Carol Virginia Dahmer in 1944, and they had three children – Allan, Virginia and Neil. He was a member of Legion Branch 50 for more than ten years. Ken died of cancer of the esophagus on March 13, 2004.
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