519 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND ULENS, Rayburn William Thomas Rayburn was born on April 30, 1923 in Corbett, Huron County, Ontario, the son of Gordon and Flovica Ulens. Rayburn helped on the farm and was also a truck driver for Parkhill Creamery. He enlisted on September 7, 1942 joining the Royal Canadian Air Force 226 Squadron. Rayburn was a Flight Sergeant and an Air Gunner. He had completed 21 bombings. As Rayburn and his crew carried out their mission on June 19, 1944, the aircraft was damaged by enemy action and crashed into the sea. There were no survivors. Rayburn’s name is on Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, England. His parents received his Operational Wings. UNDERWOOD, Clayton Elmer Clayton was a 22-year-old shoemaker born in Bloomingdale, Ontario on December 2, 1894 to parents William and Angelina Underwood. He was one of the conscripts called up for duty on January 18, 1918 to fill the gaps as voluntary enlistments fell off as the war progressed. By March 14, 1918, he was on the SS Cretic on his way to England. As a member of the 18th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Clayton was part of the pursuit of the Germans in the final phases of the war. The battalion was close on the heels of the Germans and in contact with them on November 9-10, 1918. Private Underwood was wounded in the stomach by gunfire and taken to Number 4 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station where he became one of the last Canadians to die in World War I on November 11, 1918. He was laid to rest in Plot I, Row B, Grave 31, beside 885 casualties in Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery. ULENS, William Thomas William was born in Parkhill, Ontario, McGillivray Township on September 29, 1869. He enlisted in the Army in December 1915, with the 135th Battalion. He sailed on the SS Olympic in August 1916 leaving behind a wife and two children. William served in France as commanding officer with the 15th Canadian Battalion. William won the Military Cross for bringing food to men behind the lines. William was discharged on April 29, 1919 and served at the Wolseley Barracks for three years. When William returned home, he became a dairy farmer, Creamery Business. William passed away on February 5, 1938 and buried at the Parkhill Cemetery.
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