461 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND SCHOLL, Alfred Louis “Al” Al was born on June 4, 1920, in Monkton, Ontario. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and served as a cook/butcher during his war years in the 2nd Division Army Service Corps that was attached to the 2nd Field Engineers. He served in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the Netherlands. After his discharge in 1946, he and his wife Reta moved to Hensall where they raised their son Gary. They purchased a grocery store/abattoir and became a mainstay of the village until their retirement when they moved to London, Ontario. Al was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 468 and proudly marched at every Remembrance Day parade on November 11. Al passed away on September 9, 1993. SCHWARTZ, Irvin Irvin was born in New Dundee, Ontario on December 19, 1879 to John and Mary Magdalena (Israel) along with an older brother, Bryon, and baby sister, Carrie. When World War I started Irvin was married to Mary Mackie and living in Brockville, Ontario with their eight children. On March 3, 1916, he joined the Army and was assigned to the 156th O/S Battalion. Irvin crossed the ocean aboard the SS Olympic to England on June 9 and then to France on August 28 and posted to the Service Co with the 21st Battalion. Finally, after serving 571 days in France, on April 5, 1919, Irvin was shipped back to England and then back to Canada aboard the SS Caronia and discharged on May 24, 1919. After the war, Irvin worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway delivering parcels with a team of horses and wagon. On May 5, 1964, Irvin passed away at the Pontiac Community Hospital in Shawville, Quebec. Irvin’s great nephew, Murray Schwartz, is a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Waterloo Branch 530. SCHRAM, Sinclair Sinclair was born on February 28, 1899 in West McGillivray Township, Parkhill, Ontario, the son of Ezra andAnnie Schram. He worked as a drug clerk and enlisted in the Army on March 9, 1917 joining the 63rd Depot Battalion, 11th Field Ambulance. Sinclair arrived in England in April to June 1917 and served in France from June 1917 to April 1919 with Field Ambulance. He came back to Canada on the SS Aquitania and was discharged in May 1919. Sinclair became a druggist.
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