541 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND WOODLEY, Elvin R. Elvin was born in Ormsby, Ontario on March 13, 1921. He enlisted in the Canadian Army (Active) at the age of eighteen in the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment on July 2, 1940. He received his basic training in Camp Borden prior to being sent to the UK where his advance training was received. The regiment was sent into active service, landing in Sicily and advancing up mainland Italy. In March of 1945 the Battalion was moved to Continental Europe where he accompanied them into Belgium and Holland. After his discharge on November 11, 1945, he and his brother Frank went in the lumber business. He has been a member of Coe Hill Legion Branch 581 for sixteen years. Elvin passed away on October 10, 1978. WOODLEY, Frank Hugh Frank, son of James Henry Woodley, was born in Belmont Township, Peterborough County, Ontario on April 22, 1894. He enlisted in the Canadian Army Overseas Expeditionary Force on January 19, 1916 and was assigned to the 155th Overseas Battalion CEF. He served overseas in France and Belgium during World War I. He survived the war and returned home following hostilities and was discharged in 1919. After the war and due to the shortage of work in his home area, he went west to British Columbia to find employment. He eventually arrived in Glendale, Oregon, USA, became a US citizen, married and raised a family. His life’s work was in the forest industry and he was a millwright until his retirement. Frank passed away on September 5, 1978 in Grants Pass, Oregon and is buried in Glendale, Oregon. WOODLEY, Francis R. Francis was born in Detlor, Ontario on November 12, 1923. He volunteered for service upon reaching the required age for wartime service. He served in England, Italy and in Europe with the Irish Regiment of Canada until hostilities ceased. He then volunteered for the war in Asia against Japan but this ended prior to his departure for the Far East. On discharge in 1945, he and his brother, Elvin, went into the lumbering business. When the easily obtainable raw material became scarce the partnership dissolved and he became a stationery engineer until his retirement in Kingston, ON with his wife Helen (nee Esford). He was a member of The Colonel Harry Babcock Legion Branch 137. Francis passed away in November 2001.
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