531 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND WEIR, William Ross Ross was born in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan on November 10, 1918. He enlisted in the Army on December 21, 1940. He served with the Canadian Provost Corps in Europe and with the occupation force after the war ended. Ross was discharged on August 14, 1946. He has been a member of Port Perry Legion Branch 419 for 27 years. Ross joined the Toronto Police Force when he was discharged and served until 1973. Ross passed away on December 3, 1987. WERELEY, James Marshall James was born on March 21, 1912 at Avonmore, Stormont County, Ontario. He joined the RCN in December 1941, as an experienced naval engineer, having served on Great Lakes “Lakers” prior to World War II. Stationed in Halifax, he served primarily on board the corvette HMCS Cobalt and was involved in many convoys across the Atlantic, along the eastern seaboard and the Caribbean. Commissioned as a CPO engine room artificer, James was awarded the British Empire Medal on August 1, 1944 for “meritorious service” when he volunteered to be part of a small boarding party sent to extinguish a fire aboard an American oil tanker that had been set adrift. He was discharged on November 19, 1945. After the war, James settled in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec where he worked as a Stationary Engineer. He was a member of Ste Anne de Bellevue, QC Legion Branch 91 for over 25 years. Married with family, he suddenly passed away on August 17, 1969. WEIS (WIESS), Edward Edward was born in Wiarton, Ontario on October 3, 1894. He enlisted in the Army on May 27, 1916 and served with the 160 Battalion, Company B in Canada, England and France during World War I. Pte Weiss served with the 1st Bn. And 4th Bn. He received shrapnel wounds to the right hand on August 31, 1918. He was discharged in January 1919 and returned to the Chesley area. Edward passed away in 1978.
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