231 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND JEROME, Peter MacDonald Peter was born in Orillia, Ontario on June 16, 1953. On September 18, 1978, he enlisted with the Army. He served with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in Canada, England, Egypt, Afghanistan, and Cyprus. He was discharged from service on June 16, 2011. Peter resides in Jasper, Ontario and is a seven-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 95. JOHNSTON, Albert Ernest “Bert” Albert was born in Brooke Township in Lambton County on July 1, 1880. He was raised in East Nissouri Township of Oxford County and attended school in Thamesford, Ontario. In 1906, the family moved to Hawarden, Saskatchewan, where he met Bessie Wilson. Bert and Bessie married on October 21, 1907 in Oak Lake, Manitoba. They moved to the McFarlane farm near Ingersoll, where some of their children were born. Bert enlisted in World War I with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces on February 23, 1916. He served with the 169th Oxford Battalion and 22nd Oxford Rifles overseas, where he received a shrapnel wound in the hip. Bessie and the children lived in Dorchester while Bert was away at war, eventually moving to London, Ontario. Bert came home after the war, and the family lived in London for 32 years, where he and Bessie raised their eleven children - six sons and five daughters. Bert was a member of the Duchess of Kent Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. He passed away at home in 1949 at the age of 69. JOHNMAN, George Hill B. George was born on February 14, 1918 in Perth, Scotland. He was raised in Canada by his mother, Georgina, along with his brothers Andrew, Jack and Abel. At the age of 22 he was married and a father. Leaving his wife, Laverne, and his daughter Barbara Anne behind, he found himself in Guelph volunteering for services in The Royal Canadian Artillery. He was accepted and sworn-in on June 10, 1940. At a full six feet tall and a strapping 172 pounds, George must have been a welcome addition on the gun line. George sailed to Britain on July 19, 1941 and spent three years training and slowly rising through the ranks, from Gunner to Acting Lance Bombardier to Lance Bombardier. He boarded ship on June 3, 1944, and landed on June 6, 1944, D Day, with the artillery component of Canada’s 3rd Infantry Division. George earned the 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with overseas Clasp, and War Medal 1939-1945. They are displayed with pride and reverence at Kitchener’s Royal Canadian Legion, Fred Gies Branch 50.
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