363 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND SUTHERLAND, John Gerald Robert “Bob” Bob was born in Priceville, Ontario, on June 7, 1925. When he turned eighteen, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy (Regular Force) on October 6, 1943. His basic training took place in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. When D-Day happened, he was on a troop ship in the Atlantic heading for his posting in Britain. There, he served on the frigate HMCS Loch Morlich as part of an anti-aircraft gun crew. His ship was part of Convoy Escort Group FG-6 and also patrolled the waters around Britain. He was discharged on July 16, 1946. Bob met his wife, Charlotte Cameron, in Glasgow, Scotland, and she travelled to Canada in 1948 to marry. They had one son and two daughters. Bob loved the sea and often talked about his experiences on the Loch Morlich. Later in life, Bob authored fifteen books for young adults under the name Robert Sutherland. Some of his books reflected his war experience, some of them expressed his love of the history of both Canada and Scotland. Bob passed away on August 6, 2021, at the age of 96, leaving behind his wife of 73 years. TAGGART, Charles Henry In 1934, the then CDS approached the head of the Federal Government Department of the Interior who look after all of the surveying within Canada looking for someone to organize, establish, and train people to be surveyors for the Canadian Army. Charles was approached and asked and agreed to do this task. The training was conducted in the Cartier Square Drill Hall on Cartier Street, in downtown Ottawa. He was TOS as a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Engineers. His task, as far as the DND was concerned, in 1937, was completed with two of the candidates as surveyors being later in life Maj. Gen. E.L.M. Burns and later Maj. C.I. Taggart. Upon completion of the task, Charles was promoted to the rank of Captain and granted the King George V/Queen Mary Coronation Medal and a thank you. This group of surveyors were later known as the 1st Field Survey Squadron of the Corps of the Royal Canadian Engineers. Charles was a resident of Ottawa. SWINDLEHURST, Edward Ray Ray, the son of Ephraim and Mary Swindlehurst, was born in Erin Twp., Ontario on April 4, 1920. Ray attended the Peacock rural one-room township school for his elementary education. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in Toronto on December 10, 1942. He took his basic training in Ontario and eastern Canada before arriving overseas in 1944. He was sent to Italy with a reinforcement battalion and later to northwest Europe. Ray received the 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, and the War Medal 1939-1945. As with many others, it was an experience that he never really talked about. Ray returned to Canada with his brother Victor on the liner Queen Elizabeth with over 12,000 other servicemen on November 19, 1945. After the train from Halifax arrived in Toronto, a civic reception for the families and returnees was held at the University Armouries. Ray received his discharge on April 15, 1946. Returning to civilian life, Ray worked as a grader operator for the Erin Twp. roads department. In 1949, he married, raised two children, and built a house. Unexpectedly, Ray passed away at the age of 58, on December 22, 1978.
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