481 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND WISEMAN, Wilfred Hector Wilfred was born on October 27, 1907 in Birmingham, England and immigrated to Canada in 1911. He married Agnes Mason on April 12, 1934. They had two sons but they lost one while he was overseas. When the Army needed railroaders, he enlisted. He attended Officers’ Training in March 1944 and qualified as Lieutenant, R.C.E. (Railway Operating Group). The German locomotives had to be manned in the conquered Reich by railroaders and he was the officer on board the first train east of Seine River on September 8, 1944. After major track repairs, he and his men successfully went from Beauvais to Brussels. He served in Canada, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Returning home in May 1946, he continued his railroading career as Locomotive Foreman with CPR and retired from the Board of Transport in 1972. Wilfred was a member of the Legion and passed away on February 10, 1980. WONG, Terence Wayne “Terry” Terence was born in Meaford on April 21, 1965. He enlisted in Air Force in September 1989. Terence served post World War II with the rank of Major in Afghanistan and at several regions across Canada, such as Alert, Tuktoyaktuk, Vancouver, Borden, Moose Jaw and Toronto. Terence was a flying instructor for six years and remembers an occasion when he performed a gear up low approach by his former flying instructor at an air show in which the Snow Birds where taking part. The golfer who was about to T-off on the third hole of a course at the end of the runway did not appreciate the gesture. Terence is still serving and has received the General Campaign Star – Afghanistan and the CD. WITHERS, William William was born in Kilmarnoch, Scotland on January 5, 1916. He enlisted in the Army on January 22, 1941 with the Canadian Dental Corps. He had been refused originally because of having osteomyelitis as a baby and was missing a bone in his leg. He served in Northern England during World War II. After his discharge on November 8, 1945, he worked at Baxter Labs, Smith and Stone in Gagetown and then as a custodian at Robert Little School. For his war service, he was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. William passed away on November 26, 1996. He was a member of Acton Legion Branch 197.
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