219 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND JACKLIN, Gary Addison Gary was born in Southampton, Ontario on September 30, 1965. He enlisted in the Army on October 17, 1983. He has served with the 8CH, SSF HQ & Sigs SQN, Comm SQN Lahr, ICDHSR, 79 Comm REGT, 76 Comm GP, CFJSR, 2Bde HQ & Sigs SQN, CFSCE and CFJOSG. He served in Iran/Iraq, Turkey, Germany, Rwanda, Uganda, Israel, Central African Republic, Afghanistan, Canada and United Arab Emirates. He was present for the Winnipeg Flood and Ice Storm Montreal. He served in Germany from 1989 to 1993. He was promoted to Master Warrant Officer in June 2015 and is currently stationed in Kingston, Ontario. He is a member of the Legion Branch 1 in Lahr, Germany. JACOBS, Theodore J. “Ted” Ted was born in 1928 in Holland in a village near the Belgian border. While he was still in school, his country was invaded by the Germans. His brother Jack joined the Dutch resistance and helped downed allied flyers get to Spain and Portugal and back to England. Ted and others acted as lookouts. This was dangerous work. If caught by the Germans it usually meant the firing squad. After the war, he was drafted into the Army and became part of the Queen’s Own Guards and was sent to Indonesia as a peacekeeper. At that time the Communists were attempting to take over that country. He returned home in 1950 and went to work on a farm. He then met and married Maria and the two of them immigrated to Canada. He worked construction to earn enough money to buy a farm and raise a family. Sadly, Maria passed away in 1992. Ted later met and married Donna Gebhardt and they moved to town. Ted is a member of Branch 130 Hanover of The Royal Canadian Legion. JACOBS, John John was born outside of Orillia at Rama, First Nation on July 28, 1878. He enlisted in the Army on March 24, 1916 and was sent overseas where he served in England with the 122nd Overseas Battalion also known as the “Muskoka Battalion”. He rose to the rank of Lance Corporal. John became an Anglican pastor and married Sarah Jane Ingersoll. He lived in Rama, Longford Mills and Muskoka.
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