439 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND RICE, Gary Harold Gary was born on May 30, 1936, in Ottawa, Ontario where he received his education. As a boy he served in a signals regiment cadet Corp. On October 23, 1953, Gary enlisted in the Royal CanadianArmy Medical Corps and after basic and trades training he was posted to Borden, where he completed instructors and leadership training. Thirteen of his 37 years of service would be in the Canadian Armed Forces training environment. In 1961 he received his commission as Lieutenant and by 1986 was a full Colonel. During his career he served in Werl, West Germany with 1st Canadian Field Ambulance, Borden, Calgary, Edmonton, Gagetown, Petawawa, Ottawa and was deployed to Norway and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as the senior medical operations officer. In the span of his career, he saw the rise of the Berlin Wall and its demise in 1989. In 1990, Gary retired from the military life and wrote a family history and a book called Paratrooper, The Story of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion’s First Regimental Sergeant Major, Warrant Officer Class 1, Wendell James (Knobby) Clark, his cousin who was killed in action on June 6, 1944. Gary passed away on December 2, 2010. RICE, Gordon Thomas Gordon was born on February 20, 1898, in North Nation Mill, Quebec. He was raised in Ottawa. He enlisted in the Army on August 23, 1915, at Rockcliffe Camp with the 77th Battalion CEF and while in training was promoted to Sergeant. On June 19, 1916, his battalion embarked for England. At Shorncliffe Military Camp, Gordon transferred to the Canadian Field Artillery, 51st Howitzer Battery, 5th Canadian Divisional Artillery and trained as a driver. Ray, Gordon’s brother, also served in the battery and their brother Arthur was serving with the 73rd Battalion, later killed in action. In the summer of 1917, Gordon and his battery went to France and saw action at Passchendaele, Hill 70 and later Canada’s 100 days. On December 15, Gordon received a good conduct stripe. At the end of the war, his battery crossed the Rhine and became part of the allied army of occupation in Germany. He was demobilized on June 23, 1919. He awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal. He also received a lapel pin with the inscription “For service at the front”. Gordon was a lifelong member of a branch of The Royal Canadian Legion in Ottawa. Gordon passed away in 1977. RICE, Gerald Stanley Gerald was born on October 6, 1932, in Ottawa, Ontario. He attended Ottawa Technical High School to learn a trade. After leaving Ottawa Tech, with the outbreak of the KoreanWar, Gerald enlisted in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve where he completed basic training at HMCS Cornwallis as a stoker. His first ship was the tribal class destroyer HMCS Iroquois serving in the engine room, a dirty hot job below decks. His battle station aboard ship was to man the deck gun. HMCS Iroquois was one of the ships of Canada’s far east naval squadron sent to Korean waters to enforce the naval blockade at Wonsan. The ship’s mission was also to engage inland targets such as trains and troop movements. During his threeyear hitch with the navy, Gerald also served on the HMCS Sioux and was promoted to able seaman. Upon his discharge, Gerald joined the Ottawa Police and later the North Bay Police and finally finished his career of policing with the Kingston Police becoming its Police Chief from 1976 to 1994. Gerald passed away suddenly in 1994 and his ashes were deposited in Halifax Harbour just off “Charlie Buoy”.
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