277 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND HUSSEY, Freeman Arthur Freeman was born in Portugal Cove, Newfoundland on March 26, 1940. He served in the United States Marine Corps with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Camp Pendleton, California and in Okinawa. In 1962, the Marine Battalion Landing Team (BLT) was sent to Ubon, Thailand. In the same year, he was sent to Key West, Florida with 2nd Marine Air Wing from Cherry Point, North Carolina MCAS for the Cuban Missile Crisis. Freeman is a 42-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Kincardine Branch 183. INGHAM, Robert Robert was born on December 22, 1893 in Dublin, Ireland. Among the first wave of men to sign up for service, Robert listed his occupation as a salesman when he enrolled in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on September 22, 1914. He had one year of experience prior to the war with the 48th Highlanders out of Toronto. His initial rate of pay was fifteen dollars per month. Robert sailed from Quebec City on October 3, 1914 arriving in England and ready to undergo “crash courses” on soldiering. Assigned to “B” Company of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion, he was killed when a German short-range mortar scored a direct hit on his underground bunker near Zillebeke, Belgium. It was on April 24, 1915; he was 21 years old. He was the son of Kate I. (Ingham) Holden of New Toronto (now south-Etobicoke in west end Toronto). Without a known grave, Robert Ingham’s name appears on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panels 10-18-26-28. It bears the names of more than 54 000 soldiers who died in Belgium and have no known grave. ILLIG, Joseph “Joe” Joe was born in Waterloo, Ontario in 1923 to Alphonse and Rose along with two siblings: Rita, and Herbert. On September 8, 1943, Joe joined the Navy and served on the HMCS Kirkland Lake during World War II and was discharged on November 7, 1945. Joseph married Jean Sargent and they had three children: Joan, Jim, and Joe Junior. Joseph worked for years outfitting houses with eave troughs. He joined up with Arthur Freer and they created their own business called Illig and Freer Eaves Troughs. Joseph was a founding member of the K-W Naval Veterans Association. He was also a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Waterloo Branch 530 for 24 years. Joseph passed away peacefully at Freeport Health Center Hospital on October 15, 2012. His ashes were committed to sea in Nova Scotia. Joseph Illig’s name has been inscribed on Plaque #8 of the Waterloo Legion Veterans Memorial Wall.
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