255 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND LACHAPELLE, Lawrence Lawrence Lachapelle was born in Belle River, Ontario on January 24, 1914 to Dolphis and Alma Lachapelle. He had four sisters and three brothers. Growing up in Belle River, he played softball for the Belle River team. He also enjoyed bowling and playing cards. After receiving his education, Lawrence was a worker for the Ford Motor Company. On May 3, 1943, Lawrence enlisted with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and was part of the Lincoln and Wellington Regiment. He received his training in Chatham and London, Ontario and left for overseas on October 10, 1944. Trooper Lachapelle served in Canada, United Kingdom and Northwest Europe during World War II. He was killed in action on March 8, 1945 while on active duty in Holland with a Canadian Tank Regiment. He is buried in Grave 6, Row G Plot 4 of the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherland. He is also gratefully remembered today as a “Son of Waterloo” and his picture hangs on the Memorial Wall in the City Hall in Waterloo, Ontario. LAFOSSE, Paul Lawrance Paul was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on April 6, 1959. He completed his education in Trenton, Ontario and enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces in Kingston on November 2, 1978. Paul joined The Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as a Vehicle Technician 411 and was sent to Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis for basic training. Upon completion of basic, he went to CFB Borden for his trades training after which he served in Ottawa, Goose Bay, Petawawa and then over to Lahr, Germany. Paul also did a tour of Duty in Bosnia. He was back in Winnipeg when he took his release in September 2004. It was in Winnipeg that he met and married Susan Thompson. They now live in Perth and Paul works part time at a golf course as a maintenance man. Paul has been a member of The Royal Canadian Legion for the past five years at Branch 395 in Lanark and is the Sgt-At-Arms. LACY, Bernard Patrick Bernard was born in Ottawa, Ontario on January 1, 1933. In 1951, he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and had basic training in Calgary. Bernard also had advanced training for eighteen months. In 1953, he transferred to Korea for fourteen months with the service unit Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, returning to Calgary to complete jump courses. He was in Canada for eight months then sent to Germany for two years from 1955 to 1957. He was discharged in 1958. Bernard is a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Bowmanville Branch 178.
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