455 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND WALSH, Robert Thomas Robert was born in Dublin, Ireland on May 30, 1938. He was posted to Camp Ipperwash in Southern Ontario when he joined the Army as a private soldier in 1958. In 1962, he travelled to West Germany where he enjoyed an interesting military experience and travelled to several European countries. After returning to Canada, he was again deployed overseas, this time to Cyprus to spend six months as a UN peacekeeper. In 1970, he travelled with his battalion to Quebec to take part in anti-terrorist operations against the FLQ. In 1976, he was in Montreal to guard against possible terrorist activities at the 1976 Olympic Games. In 1977, he was commissioned in the rank of Lieutenant and two years later he was promoted Captain. Robert was posted to Yellowknife, NWT, where he was the Area Cadet Officer for the NWT andYukon. Posted to Trenton from 1987 to 1989, he worked as the training officer for Central Region Cadets. In 1989, Robert was moved to London, Ontario. In 1991, he was Commandant of Camp Ipperwash, his final job to finish 32 years of service in the Canadian Army. He was discharged on April 6, 1991. Robert is a 34-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 317 in London, ON. WARD, Beulah Edith “Bea” Bea was born in Ottawa, Ontario on May 25, 1925. She enlisted in the Canadian Air Force in 1942 and served as a deciphering clerk during World War II. She was very active in sports and won many military competitions. She worked in Federal Government and later went on to Toronto where she opened her own entertainment business “Aunt Bea’s Nashville Room” where she provided bus tours to Nashville and country entertainment for her club. She later went to Las Vegas to work and returned to Toronto to live out the rest of her life in retirement. She was fondly remembered by country music fans at the Horseshoe Tavern where she worked for numerous years. WALTON, Harold Laverne Harold was born on October 16, 1918 in St. Catharines, Ontario. Harold was married in 1942 and working on the railroad when he enlisted into the Infantry during World War II. Serving with the Cameron Highlanders, he was involved in the controversial Battle of the Scheldt. Upon his return from the war, he resumed his employment on the railroad in the position of Carman Welder inspecting, rebuilding and repairing freight cars in the yard at Niagara Falls until retirement. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion in Niagara Falls. Harold passed away on February 2, 1997.
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