463 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND SCHWARTZ, Morely Graham Morely was born in Kitchener, Ontario on October 2, 1941 to Harvey and Janet (Pirie), along with siblings Roger, Virginia, twin brother Murray, Carolyn, and Mark. Morely’s education was received from Conestoga Public School and Elmira District High School. On January 22, 1959, at eighteen years of age, Morely joined the Navy and was sent to the RCN Radar Tech School. The first ship Morely sailed on was the HMCS Restigouche and they shadowed the Royal Yacht Brittania up the St. Lawrence River when Queen Elizabeth visited Canada to open the St. Lawrence Seaway on June 26, 1959. The second ship was the HMCS Thunder, when he attended the launching of the Bluenose 2. He also sailed the Great Lakes to Port Arthur/Fort William. Morely was discharged on January 22, 1964. He married Nancy (Solomon), who died in 2009. Morely then married Donna (McCauley) and they have two children, Andy andWendy. Morely worked in sales in the Food Industry/Service. He is now retired and fills his time with bowling, watching sports, vacationing South and enjoying his membership at the K-WNaval Association. He has also recently filled out an application to join The Royal Canadian Legion Waterloo Branch 530. SCOTT, Donald Louis Donald was born in Pickering, Ontario on November 30, 1925. He was seventeenand-a-half years old when he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on June 30, 1943. His training consisted of basic training in western Canada and shortly after was sent to England’s RAF training base on Isle of Anglesey for Advanced Bomb Aimer and Navigation Training. Following training, he was promoted to Flight Sergeant. Following the fighting in Europe, Donald volunteered for duty in the Far East in the War with Japan. The hostilities ended in August 1945 and Donald was sent home for release. He married and was the father of one girl and two boys. He worked in construction for a number of years and later purchased construction equipment and ran his own company. He retired in 1963 and in 1964 took up residence in Coe Hill on Wollaston Lake and still remains active in The Royal Canadian Legion Coe Hill Branch 581 playing Euchre and Bingo. He still owns and drives his own vehicle and is an ardent gardener. SCHWARTZ, Murray Keith Murray was born in Kitchener, Ontario on October 2, 1941 to Harvey and Janet (Pirie) along with Roger, Virginia, twin brother Morley, Carolyn, and Mark. Murray’s education was received from the Conestoga P.S. and Elmira District H.S. On June 3, 1959, at the age of eighteen, Murray joined the Navy and was trained to be a firefighter (crash crew) with the Naval Airman Division. At one point of his service in 1961 he was 400 miles north of the Artic Circle, he served an operation aboard the HMCS Bonaventure during the Cold War. Murray was discharged on June 2, 1962, and married the love of his life, Elaine (Hoerl) and they had three children: Richard, David, Cheryl. Keeping in line with his training while in the military, Murray became a fire fighter for the Kitchener Fire Department and finished his career as an Assistant Chief Fire Prevention Officer. After many years of regret, Murray went back to school at the age of 47 and obtained his grade twelve certificate. Having a beautiful voice, Murray loves singing in choirs. His Grandfather Irvin Schwartz served overseas in World War I. Murray Schwartz is a twelve-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Waterloo Branch 530.
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