325 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND ROSS, Rodger James Rodger was born on August 26, 1907, on a farm in Harriston, Ontario. Following high school, he was employed by the local newspaper as a printer and then in Listowel as a linotype operator until 1936. He and his wife Lucy moved to Picton, Ontario where he was a newspaper photographer and salesman with the Picton Gazette. At the outbreak of the war, Rodger enlisted in the Second Battalion Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment for five months. Attested to the RCAF on May 17, 1940, Rodger was posted to the Rockliffe Photography School for training until June 3, 1941. On June 5, 1942, he was discharged from the RCAF “for the purposes of joining the Canadian Active Service Force - Canadian Army Identification Bureau”. On November 10, 1942, he was posted to the UK. During that period, Rodger developed and patented equipment to be able to capture accurately and clearly “photographic recordings, fingerprints, and documents compatible with identification documents (ID cards) for the Canadian Forces.” The patent was given to the Minister of National Defence on November 17, 1945. Lieutenant Rodger Ross was demobilized on May 24, 1946. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Cobourg Branch. Rodger passed away on March 30, 1998. ROWDEN, Harold Arthur Harold was born in Port Hope, Ontario in 1924. During World War II, Harold enlisted in the Army. Following training, he was sent to England and attached to the 13th Field Regiment becoming part of the 3rd Division. He participated in the D-Day invasion and continued with many others marching through France to liberation. Harold was discharged on January 4, 1946. He was awarded the 19391945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, and the War Medal 1939-1945. On October 27, 2014, the Republic of France awarded Harold the rank of Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour in gratitude for his involvement in the liberation of France. Harold is a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Orillia Branch 34 and lives in nearby Ramara. ROUSSEL, Joseph Leandre Leandre was born in Le Goulet, New Brunswick on February 27, 1942. At the age of eighteen, on June 1, 1960, Leandre enrolled in the Royal Canadian Air Force serving in Canada for just over 34 years. Basic training in St. Jean, Quebec was followed by a three-month English course at the School of English to upgrade his English language skills. Aside from many deployments in Canada, his peacekeeping duties in Syria were with the United Nations Defence Observer Force and in Egypt with United Nations Emergency Force. England and Ottawa filled his last four years of service. In England, he met dignitaries including Princess Diana and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and many more. He escorted Prime Minister Kim Campbell in a wreath laying ceremony at Brookwood Military Cemetery in London, England. Ottawa was his last deployment at National Defence Headquarters where he was in charge of moving personnel and their belongings across Canada and around the world. He was discharged on September 15, 1994. Upon retirement, the OPP employed him as a security guard for three years. His interests are hunting and fishing. He is a fourteen-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Chatsworth Branch 464.
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