355 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND MacDONALD, Edward Edward was born in Stellarton, Nova Scotia on July 14, 1919. He enlisted in the Army on November 7, 1940 and served with the Regina Rifles in France, Belgium and Holland during World War II. Ed recalls, during his duties at a farm, watching a hen about to lay an egg which he was hoping to have for his breakfast. Every so often he would check to see how the bird was progressing. When he judged that the task had been completed he returned to the nest to find that both the hen and the egg had disappeared. He was discharged in November 1945. When Ed returned to Canada, he worked in the mines in Nova Scotia and eventually at Ferranti Packard in St. Catharines in the transformer winding department. He has been a member of St. Catharines Legion Branch 24 for 65 years. MacDONALD (DARBY), Maureen Gladys Maureen was born on Crown Street, Dagenham, Kent, England on January 22, 1926. She joined the Army in 1943 without telling her parents and served despite ill health to do “her bit” for her country. She served in England with ATS British Army Paycorp during World War II. She served until war’s end in 1945 and married Angus, a Canadian soldier, thus becoming a war bride in 1946. Maureen has been a member of Richmond Hill Legion Branch 375 for over 40 years and was awarded Life Membership. MacDONALD, George Randy George was born on March 24, 1922 in Rockport, Ontario. He enlisted in the RCNVR in 1940 and served throughout the war with patrol vessel HMCS Chaleur, corvette HMCS The Pas and then as an original crew member assigned to B-Gun aboard the destroyer HMCS Huron. Based at various times in the ports of Ile d’Orleans, Halifax, Scapa Flow, and Plymouth, his five year tour included convoy escorts along the eastern seaboard of the USA, Caribbean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans (five runs to Murmansk and Archangel, USSR). He also participated in North Sea and Channel intercepts, D-Day operations and life-saving rescues of friend and foe. In civilian life, George joined the Canadian Coast Guard and retired in 1982 with the rank of Captain while stationed in Trenton with Search and Rescue. He is a Life Member of Mallorytown Legion Branch 484 and presently lives in Gananoque, ON.
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