211 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND LOVERING, George Howard George was born in the community of Lawson, near Coldwater, Ontario on December 12, 1896. He was the son of Charles Turver and Jane (Balkwill) Lovering. On May 8, 1918, George was recruited into the Canadian Expeditionary Force under the Military Service Act. He was 21 years old and single. He listed his trade as farmer and had no previous military experience. Private Lovering sailed from Montreal on RMS Corsicanto arrive in London, England on August 8, 1918. On arrival, he was assigned to the 3rd Reserve Battalion. By the time his training was completed in England, the war ended. He was repatriated to Canada and discharged on August 31, 1919. During World War II, George re-enrolled for service in Canada with the Veterans Guard of Canada. He returned to the Coldwater area where he lived the rest of his life. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Coldwater Branch 270. George remained a bachelor. He passed away in Penetanguishene, Ontario on March 29, 1976, at the age of 79. He is buried in St. Andrews & St. James Cemetery in Orillia. LUTY (GRAFF), Inez Jean Inez was born in Calendar, Ontario on October 23, 1923. She enrolled in the Army (Regular Force) in 1944. She was stationed out of Halifax on a ship to England when the war ended. She was released in 1945. Inez was a resident of Acton, Ontario for years prior to her passing on January 1, 2007. LUSK, Norman E. Norman was born in Ottawa, Ontario on March 26, 1926. On September 3, 1942, he signed up as a sixteen-year-old boy soldier and spent a year in a Montreal school of the Canadian Technical Training Centre learning mechanical drafting. He made his way into the Weapons Technician trade where he made a remarkable career, serving mainly at Valcartier and living mainly in the village of Shannon. He was discharged on April 10, 1967. When Staff-Sergeant Lusk took the uniform off after 25 years, it was to continue his outstanding work on weapons as a civilian contractor. His unique gifts as a weapons specialist are aptly recognized in the unique honour of three patents bearing his name for weapons components that he designed and developed. Norman married June Meeks and they had two sons and one daughter. On retirement, the couple settled in Seeley’s Bay and wintered in Florida. After June’s death, Norman spent many more years in Seeley’s Bay living independently. He was a two-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Seely’s Bay Branch 491.
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