399 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND REECE, Douglas Timothy “Doug” Doug was born on January 31, 1949 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. At the age of 29, he wanted to enlist in the Air Force but was advised he was too old. At the age of forty, he was called by the Lincoln and Welland Regiment and was offered a position with them as a Vehicle Technician. Three years later, he had completed his GMT with the Lincs and acquired his qualification as a Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers R411 Vehicle Tech. He stayed with the Lincs from 1988 to 2004. Upon mandatory retirement, Doug joined the Lincoln and Welland Regiment Museum and soon acquired the position of Vehicle Armament Coordinator. The museum now boasts fifty plus military vehicles and artillery. Doug was the team lead in refurbishing a 1916 Krupp 105mm Gun that was captured at Vimy Ridge and was the military lead and liaison for the designing and building of the nationally recognized Tomb of the Unknown Soldier located in Niagara Falls. Doug was a provincially certified vehicle technician and was employed as an Enforcement Program Advisor with the Ministry of Transportation for over thirty years. Doug has been married to his wife Betty for forty years and has a daughter. He is a 22-year member of The Royal Canadian Niagara Falls Legion Branch 479. REID, David Henry David was born in McGillivray Township, Middlesex County, Ontario on January 18, 1921. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1939 and served as Navigator. He was stationed at Dartmouth, NS; Halifax and Gander, NL tasked with defending the east coast from German submarines. He received his Operational Wings, the War Medal 1939-1945, the Atlantic Star, the 1939-1945 Star and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. He married Shirley Mathers on December 31, 1940 and had seven children. David farmed on McGillivray Drive until 1966 then moved to Thedford. He worked at the Thedford Hotel and Legion for many years and also as Commissionaire at the Army Camp Ipperwash. He was a 35-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 278 Thedford and served as Branch President for several years. David passed away on October 20, 1980. REIBER, William Carl “Bill” Bill was born in the Waterloo Region on June 30, 1921. He had two sisters, Audrey and Kathaleen, and worked at Goodrich Rubber as a boot maker. On June 25, 1940, Bill enlisted with the Army with the Highland Light Infantry of Canada duringWorld War II. During time spent in England, Bill met his war bride, Irene. Bill and Irene were married in 1943 and had two sons, Peter and William. Bill was a Corporal with B Company, 12 Platoon. The squad was ordered to charge and destroy two German gun positions in the Village of Buron, France. Enemy guns turned on the squad and Bill was killed on July 8, 1944. At that time, his son Peter was nine months old and William had not yet been born. Canada gave Irene a small pension but she never moved to Canada. Bill Reiber is buried at Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France. 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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