255 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND MEINDERSMA, Adam Adam was born in Hamilton, Ontario on February 27, 1986. He enlisted in the Army (Reserves) and served as a vehicle tech attached to 31 Signals Regiment from 2006 to 2019 in Hamilton. He spent time in CFB Borden, London and Shilo where he served and maintained vehicles and equipment for the CF. Adam has been residing in Dunnville since May 4, 2018. MERRITHEW, Haldene Owen Haldene was born in Lower South Hampton, New Brunswick on June 4, 1925. He joined the Army in January 1944 and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment, North Shore Regiment in England, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Holland where he recalls the Canadians being given the task of freeing the country. Private Merrithew’s unit advanced to Amersfoort where the Canadian and German generals arranged a truce to allow the Allies to deliver food to the Dutch who were starving. Convinced they were cut off from the rest of their army, the Germans surrendered on May 5, 1945. Haldene was discharged in June 1946. He also served from March 1949 to November 1974 with the UN in Tanzania and Korea. He was with the 1st Battalion, R22eR as a Pioneer Officer. Haldene was awarded the Military Cross because of an incident in a Korean mine field on October 22, 1952. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Rothesay Branch in New Brunswick and the Almonte Branch in Ontario for a total of 42 years before he died on November 2, 2010. MERCIER, Joseph Louis Camille “Bud” Bud was born in Nash Creek, New Brunswick on April 2, 1927. He joined the Army at #2 District Depot on November 22, 1944 and served in Canada and England, holding the position of Sapper, meaning pioneer or combat engineer, likely in the North Shore Unit. He was demobilized on February 19, 1947. Bud entered the regular component of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Army on April 16, 1951 and by the early sixties, he had joined the Peacekeepers in Cyprus. He achieved Corporal status and on November 3, 1972, he was honourably discharged. He worked as a civilian at Base Borden and joined local Legions to help with their initiatives. Bud died on October 27, 1997. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the War Service Class Medal #1087726, the Canadian Forces Decoration and First Clasp and the Queen Elizabeth II Medal, allowing the initials CD to be added to his name. Bud was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Creemore Branch 397 before he passed away on October 27, 1996.
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