169 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND HAHN, Lewis William Lewis was born on June 3, 1905, in New Hamburg, Ontario, to George Jacob and Mollie Margaret (Ross) Hahn, along with Audrey Ross Hahn. Lewis married Marville Lavina Doerr in 1935 and they raised three children: Marilew Elizabeth (West), Jim Hahn, and Judith (Kocher). Lewis enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) and was taken on strength with the Scots Fusiliers on July 15, 1940 and commissioned as 2/Lt. The need of the Reserve Army during the trying times due to the war was never recognized unless you were a reservist, already trained, of which many were called to the war front. On October 13, 1942, Lt. Lewis Hahn was appointed T/Capt. and continued building a second line of defence for Canada in Canada, which fortunately was never needed. On June 5, 1946, Capt. Lewis received his official transfer back to the Reserve Corps. Lewis sang in the church choir, taught Sunday school, sat on the Community Library Board and the Public School board for eighteen years. He was a Charter Board member of Waterloo College, 1956, the forerunner of what is now the University of Waterloo where he sat on the board from 1957 to 1973. Lewis Hahn passed away on November 24, 2001 and is laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery, N/H. HARDING, John William John was born March 9, 1890, in Leicester, England to David and Annie Harding. Emigrating to Canada in 1914, he enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in London on June 29, 1915 to the 29th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. One month later, on July 31, 1915, he married Ethel Maud James in London, the service performed by the chaplain of the 33rd Btn, CEF. Ethel was from Leicester as well and had also emigrated in 1914. His Attestation paper states: he had 2 years military experience with the Royal Horse Artillery Territorials; he was a printer by trade; stood 5’ 6”; with grey eyes and light brown hair. He arrived overseas in Plymouth via SS Missanabieon March 13, 1916. He arrived in Le Havre, France on July 14, 1916 at the height of the Battle of the Somme. At various times, he was attached as a Driver to the 8th, 10th and 11th Howitzer brigades and spent some time in hospitals with joint issues (synovitis) and an accidental razor cut to his right shoulder. He returned to Canada and was discharged on July 4, 1919 in Quebec. He returned toWindsor and London area, raising a family with Ethel until his death on December 31, 1957. HARDING, John Robert John was born in London, Ontario onAugust 31, 1919, moving toWindsor in 1920, where he was raised. He enlisted in the RCAF (Regular Force) on June 16, 1941 in Windsor, and was promoted to Sergeant before being posted overseas on April 30, 1942. He served as Navigator with RAF Bomber Command from the end of 1942 to mid-1944, rising from the rank of sergeant to flight-lieutenant, doing two tours on Lancasters at RAF Squadrons 103 and 550, for a total of 52 tours, and after 39 he was awarded his DFC. Seconded home inAugust 1944, he was attached to 168 Squadron, RCAF in Ottawa, flying Canadian Forces mail across the Atlantic and up to the front lines. In January 1945, Jack was on a Dakota flying out of Biggin Hill when the plane crashed on take-off. He was badly burned and ended up in hospital joining “The Guinea Pig Club”, a group of disfigured burn survivors. He then spent time in Canada on topographical mapping photo reconnaissance, before joining Trans Canada Airlines in November 1946, and serving for 30 years. Jack and his wife Olwen resided in Guelph with their five children. In 1988, he authored a book “The Dancin’ Navigator”, the story of his military career. Jack passed away on May 15, 2001.
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