317 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND MAY, Richard John Richard was born on April 1, 1894 in Cobourg, Ontario. He enlisted in the Army on January 31, 1916 with the 139th Canadian Expeditionary Force. He served 33 months as a machine gunner. He was wounded on January 6, 1918 and again on August 9, 1918. He returned home as a Private with honourable discharge on July 26, 1919. He received the Victory Medal and British War Medal. He also served during World War II from June 19, 1941 until August 18, 1945 as a Veterans Guard watching over German prisoners all across Canada. He received the Volunteer Service Medal. He was a member of Legion Branch 133 in Cobourg for five years. Richard passed away on December 15, 1970. McALLISTER, Edward J. Edward was born in Kingston, Ontario on July 6, 1946. He joined the Royal Canadian Artillery on August 13, 1962 as a boy soldier at the age of sixteen and remustered to Clerk Administration. He served in Canada, Norway, Germany and Sardinia. He was awarded the Egypt, SSF-NATO, UN medals and the Canadian Forces’ Decoration and Clasp. He was discharged on July 31, 1993. Edward has been a member of Kanata Legion Branch 638 for eleven years. MAZIARZ, Joseph Adam Joseph was born on February 16, 1922 to John and Julia Maziars in Poland. He was one of eight children, with brothers Stanley, Edward, John, Roman, Thaddeus, Bolisavs and one sister, Angela. Joseph found work as a toolmaker with Merchants Rubber Company Limited in Kitchener. He had musical interest in the violin as well as enjoying woodworking. He was married to Marcella and was blessed with a set of twin daughters, Donna and Diane in September 1943. Joseph enlisted on May 8, 1945 with the Army and was stationed with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s). Private Maziars was killed in action in the Netherlands on February 28, 1945. Private Maziarz served in Canada, United Kingdom and Northwest Europe, earning the 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-1945 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. A Memorial Bar was also sent to his mother and his widow. He is buried in Plot 14, Row D, Grave 12 in the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands. He is gratefully remembered today as a “Son of Waterloo” and his picture hangs on the Memorial Wall in the City Hall in Waterloo, Ontario.
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