Military Service Recognition Book 528 ONTARIO COMMAND WARE, George Albert George was born in Guelph, Ontario on June 6, 1935. He enlisted in the Navy on June 28, 1953. He spent the first year in basic training and radio school, and then was drafted to HMCS Magnificent for two years spent in many NATO exercises in Atlantic, Pacific, North Sea and Mediterranean during Peacetime. George was drafted to HMCS Shelburne, a top secret base at the time when they watched for Russian subs in the North Atlantic. He was discharged on June 28, 1958 from regular service and then served five years in the emergency reserve. George first joined the Legion in his hometown of Acton, then transferred to Erin and then to Hanover. He was the president of the Erin Legion Branch from 1984 to 1986. WATLEY, Paul A. Paul was born on October 10, 1921 in Ninove, Belgium. He enlisted in the Army on November 10, 1944 with the First Canadian Army Unit and served in France and Belgium during World War II. Prior to formal enlistment he served with the underground resistance and was captured in 1940 and put to forced labour in Germany’s war industries. Reconnoitered for French underground and was again captured, this time by Gestapo. He was charged with espionage, possession of weaponry and possession and delivery of antiGerman propaganda which was air dropped by England. He was held as a prisoner of war, tortured, threatened with death and held in solitary confinement. Escaped again and was attached to the First Canadian Army in Holland. He was discharged in the spring of 1948. After the war he began a successful career as a Mechanical Engineer, working on projects such as the St. Lawrence Seaway, Welland Canal and the Burlington Lift Bridge. He is a member of the Burlington Legion Branch 60 and has been for eight years.. WARREN, Harry A. Harry was born in Westport, Ontario in 1924. He is a veteran of World War II serving in the Royal Canadian Corps of Engineers. He enlisted in the Army on May 28, 1941 and served during World War II. He served in many sections of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium and Holland. Harry was wounded and returned to the military base hospital in England. He still has shrapnel in his back. Harry stayed another year after the war ended and returned to Canada in 1946. He worked for and retired from Falconbridge Nickel Mines. He assisted in organising The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 503 in 1949 and was the chartered president. Harry received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 and the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award in 2013 for recognition of his outstanding contribution to his community and to Canada. Harry presently lives in Dowling, Ontario.
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