295 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND PEARCE, David John “Dave” Dave was born in Brampton, Ontario on September 9, 1949, where he was educated and apprenticed as a welder. Upon getting his papers, he joined the Canadian Army in 1970 training as a crash rescue firefighter. He served at CFB North Bay including the Hole and Bomark, Lahr West Germany, Cold Lake Alberta, HMCS Assiniboine and Esquimalt British Columbia Damage Control. Dave retired from the Regular Forces in 1993 and immediately joined the Reserve Forces serving until 2009. Dave and his wife Mary Lou retired in North Bay, Ontario where he can enjoy hunting and fishing. PEARCE, Kenneth Leonard Robert “Ken” Ken was born in Clarenceville, Quebec on September 17, 1922. From the age of 15, he worked for a dairy farmer for five years before training as a tinsmith at Eastern Steel Ltd. of Preston, Ontario. He then served in the Lincoln and Welland Regiment Reserves from January to April 1939. Ken joined the Lorne Scots Regiment in Hamilton, Ontario on January 19, 1942, trained as a motor mechanic at Camp Borden then transferred to the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, serving overseas as dispatch rider. He was discharged on November 21, 1945 after serving in Canada, England, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Holland. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, the War Medal 1939-1945 with Oak Leaf Emblem signifying a “Mentioned in Dispatches”. He resided in Brampton, Ontario where he worked for 20 years for the Williams Shoe Company and another 20 years for Gummed Papers Ltd. Ken was a member of Brampton Legion Branch 15 for forty years before he passed away on October 7, 1994. PEARCE, Harold R. Harold was born on July 2, 1904, in Camberley, Surrey, England. At the age of seven years and three months, he was admitted to Barnardo’s Homes along with his brother, Frederick Leonard Pearce. Harold was sent to Canada at age eight, arriving in Quebec City on September 12, 1912. He was assigned to a farm in Penetanguishene, Ontario and eventually, farmed in Clarenceville, Quebec and St. Davids, Ontario before the war. Harold joined the Royal Canadian Artillery on September 2, 1939 and served in Canada as well as in England. He was discharged on February 26, 1943 after which he moved back to England. His date and place of death is unknown.
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