391 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND RODGERS, George Thomas George was born in East Garafraxa Township, Dufferin Co. in 1894. He enlisted in the Army in 1915. He served with the 13th Battalion Queen’s Rangers as a sniper during World War I. George served in the UK and France in the front lines. Before the war he was a farm boy, used to hunting, he was sent to the front lines. He was killed in action on June 13, 1916 in Hooge, France when he was 22 years, two months and six days old. He received the British War and Victory Medals. He is remembered at Colpoy’s Bay Cemetery North of Wiarton, Ontario. ROGERS, George Edward George was born in Fleming, Saskatchewan on April 9, 1898. He enlisted in the Army on December 20, 1915 with the Nova Scotia Regiment during World War I. George was killed in a training exercise in England on August 17, 1917. He is buried at Bramshott Churchyard in Hampshire, UK. He was a mechanic before the war. ROEDER, Elmer William “Al” Al was born in Holdfast, Saskatchewan on January 18, 1924. He enlisted in the Air Force in June 1943 during World War II. He trained in Manitoba and Ontario and was posted to the Bomber Command in Boundry Bay, British Columbia. At that time Japanese ships had been sighted off the coast of BC. He was discharged in September 1945. After the war, Al earned a BA from the University of British Columbia. In that era only the University of Toronto offered a Hospital Administration Management course so he subsequently earned his Master of Hospital Administration there. His career was primarily as President of York County Hospital in Newmarket, now known as Southlake Regional Health Care, for thirty plus years, during which time he lectured at U of T in Health Administration, travelled extensively with a team from the Ontario Hospital Association to other countries to assess and incorporate advances in the health care field. He served on several community and regional boards and brought the hospital from a small community hospital to a state-of-the-art institution.
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