Military Service Recognition Book Volume VII 484 ONTARIO COMMAND WOOLNER, Kenneth O. Kenneth was a tire builder at a rubber plant in Kitchener. When World War II began, Ken left that job to join The Highland Light Infantry of Canada. The unit sailed to Britain from Halifax on the SS Strathmore and spent years training for the invasion of mainland Europe. Ken and his regiment landed on D-Day, June 6, 1944, with other elements of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. Ken jumped off a Landing Craft Infantry and waded ashore on Nan White Beach and they began the long hard fight through Normandy and beyond. Ken’s first major battle was in Buron, near Caen, on July 8, 1944, as part of Operation Charnwood. Ken and other highlanders were wounded in the bloody battle. When the war ended, Ken was on the priority list to return to Canada because he had been wounded. Ken married Marjorie Williamson and they remained happily married until Ken’s untimely death from cancer in 1991. He was laid to rest at Kitchener’s Woodland Cemetery, Section 2B. His medals are displayed at The Royal Canadian Legion Fred Gies Branch 50 where he was a long-serving member. WRIGHT, Frederick Frank Frederick was born in London, England on February 5, 1898. At the age of eighteen, Frederick was a shoe cutter in the Tillsonburg Shoe Factory. On January 24, 1916, Frederick enlisted with the Army, service unit, Oxford’s Own 168th Battalion, CEF. While serving with the Princess Pat’s, Private Wright was killed in action at Passchendaele on October 30, 1917. This attack by the British and Canadians resulted in 2300 casualties for a gain of 1000 metres. WRIGHT, Alvin DeLloyd “Deed” Deed was born in Enniskillen Township, Ontario on July 26, 1896. He was the fourth child of eight, born to Frank and Ada Wright. The family moved to a farm just west of Kerwood, Ontario when Deed was young. He was drafted under the Military Service Act of 1917 to serve in World War I and joined the Canadian Engineers, 1st Depot Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment in London, Ontario. The war ended before he could be sent overseas. He was discharged in 1919. Following the war, he returned to farming and eventually took over the family farm along with his wife Greta Richardson. Deed was also a long-time rural deliverer of the Royal Mail in the Kerwood area. He continued to live on the farm until his passing on May 19, 1971.
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