215 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND FRIES, Albert Peter “Ab” Ab was born on November 14, 1897 in Barrow Bay, Eastnor Township, Bruce County, Ontario to Daniel and Bella Fries. He enlisted on May 28, 1918 in Toronto and received basic training in England and became a Sapper in the 3rd Battalion Canadian Engineers, Canadian Expeditionary Force. He served in England, France, Belgium and Germany. Albert was demobilized on April 23, 1919 and returned home to farm life. He graduated from Barber College in 1922. On December 12, 1923, he married Mae Holler. They purchased a farm and raised cattle and harvested many crops. Around 1932, he and Mae went to work on a tugboat on the Welland Canada, working for a few years to save some money. They returned to Barrow Bay where Ab became a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Lion’s Head Branch 202. In 1936, their daughter Beulah was born. In 1956, Ab retired from farming and built a family home in Lion’s Head where he bought a local barber shop and worked at it for ten years. He finished his career working for the Town of Lion’s Head. Albert passed away on September 25, 1991 and is buried in the Eastnor Township Cemetery. GAMMON, George Clifford George was born in Ayr, Ontario on July 21, 1894. He was a bank clerk when he enlisted in the Army on April 24, 1916. He joined the “C” Battery Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. He served in England and in Canada during World War I. He was discharged in 1919, returning to Thedford, Ontario to marry and to work. Later, he became an accountant working in London, Ontario. George passed away in 1958 in London. He was also a member of the Thedford Cassia Lodge. GALBRAITH, Archibald Eldon “Archie” Archie was born in Coldwater, Ontario, on September 13, 1919, the son of Roy and Caroline (Howell) Galbraith. He had two sisters and one brother. Archie lived most of his life in the Coldwater area. DuringWorldWar II, he enlisted in the Army in 1942 and served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and Grey and Simcoe Foresters as an instructor in mechanics. He spent a year in Red Deer, Alberta, and a year in Sussex, New Brunswick until his discharge in 1945. After the war, he returned to live and work in the Coldwater area. A licensed mechanic, he began his training with Harold Bunt at the Frontenac station in Coldwater, which Archie later owned and operated for a short time. He also resided in Toronto when he was employed by the John Inglis Co. Ltd. But for the most part, he worked as a mechanic in the Coldwater and Orillia area. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Coldwater Branch 270. Archie passed away on August 4, 1981.
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