267 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND HOLTOM, Robert “Edward” “Ed” Edward was born at Drew near Harriston, Ontario on February 14, 1918. He graduated as a baker from the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario in 1941. Following his marriage in 1943, he enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1944. Ed originally wanted to join the RCAF but was found to have poor peripheral vision. He was posted to Barriefield, Ontario and trained as a radar technician. It was an accelerated intense course in electronics. The 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA was defending the port of Halifax and in 1942 it was armed with British-made QF 3.7 inch AA guns. Radar being a relatively new tracking device was being distributed to the AA units and Ed was posted to Halifax. Ed was fortunate to find a boarding house and his new wife Mildred was able to join him there. Ed was discharged from the Army in 1945. Following the war, Ed and family moved to Erin, Ontario in 1946 where he had purchased a bakery. Ed was very involved member of the community and a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 442 in Erin, Ontario. Robert passed away at the early age of 53, on April 30, 1971. HOPKINS, John James John was born in Tobermory, Ontario on July 24, 1926. He enlisted in the Army on December 4, 1944 and served with the Grey and Simcoe Foresters. He served in Canada until his release onAugust 21, 1946. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the War Medal 1939-1945. John retired in 1990 from the Collingwood Hospital where he worked in the Maintenance Department and as an Orderly. He is an eight-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 63. HOOKE, Henry William Henry William Hooke was born in Islington, England on May 12, 1884 to Sarah Hooke. Henry immigrated to Canada and worked as a carpenter in Ottawa. He joined the military on February 19, 1915 and was assigned to the RCE 6th Company. Due to his earlier military experience, he was promoted to Corporal and shipped to England, and then very quickly to France. During battle on November 11, 1915, a bullet shattered his thigh bone and he was sent back to England for surgery. After recovery, he was discharged from hospital and in March 1916, was promoted to Sergeant and sent back to France. Later that year, he was struck in the face with a piece of shrapnel that destroyed his lower jaw. He was admitted to King George Hospital in England. At the end of December 1917, he was promoted to Staff Sergeant and awarded the Military Medal for Bravery. He returned to Canada and was discharged on April 13, 1920. Henry was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Kitchener Branch 50 and Waterloo Branch 530 for over forty years. Henry William Hooke died in 1968 and his name is inscribed in Plaque #1 of the Waterloo Legion Veterans Memorial Wall.
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