325 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND SAMARILLO (WILLS), Marjorie Frances Marjorie was born in Toronto on February 27, 1925. She served with the Canadian Women’s Army Corps from 1943 to 1945. Marjorie was trained in Kitchener and stationed in Ottawa and Montreal as a cook. She married Albert Samarillo in 1946, who served in the Royal Canadian Artillery in the Italian Campaign from 1941 to 1945. She was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Claremont Branch 483 for 66 years. Marjorie passed away on June 17, 2015. SAUVE, Clayton Leonard Benjamin Clayton was born and raised in Waltham, Quebec in 1912. He was 27 years old when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served from 1939 to 1945. He served as a Mechanic on all types of airplanes but mostly the Lancaster Bomber. He trained at the Exhibition Grounds in Toronto, Trenton and St. Thomas, Ontario. He was then stationed at St. Hubert, Quebec and then to the Uplands Base in Ottawa. In 1943, he was sent to Mont Joli, Quebec and the following year, in 1944, he was moved to Debert Base in Truro, Nova Scotia. Clayton was discharged in 1945 and he settled in Sudbury, Ontario where he worked as a mechanic until his retirement in 1975. He was married and raised a family of five children. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for his contributions to the war efforts. Clayton’s favorite memory he shared with his children was that “the best part about being an airplane mechanic was he got to test fly the plane”. He was a member of the Brussels Branch 218 and had been a 50-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion. He passed away February 13, 1997. SAMPSON, Arthur Arthur was born in Barnsley, England on May 7, 1882. He sailed from Liverpool on the RMS Teutonic, arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia on March 16, 1912, followed by his wife and three daughters in January 1913, settling in Ontario. On February 4, 1916, Arthur was a chauffeur living in Kingston, Ontario when he joined the Army with the 146th Battalion Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. Upon arrival in England, he was transferred to the 224th Battalion CEF then landed in France a few months later. While on maneuvers on May 30, 1918, a smoke bomb was thrown and exploded close to where Arthur was laying. He received second degree burns to the left of his face, hand and shoulder. After months spent in hospitals, he returned to Kingston and was officially discharged on February 7, 1919. Arthur, with his wife and four children, settled in Oshawa where he was a lay minister. Arthur passed away on March 17, 1944.
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