193 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND JENKINS, Robert Charles Herald Herald, the son of Charles and Minnie Jenkins, was born in Oakwood, Ontario on May 12, 1895. At the age of 20, Herald enlisted in the 120th Battalion CEF on February 9, 1916, in Lindsay, Ontario. Following basic training he embarked from Halifax on July 23 for England. Upon arrival on the SS Olympic at Liverpool he was dispatched to Camp Witley in Surrey where he was taken on strength with the 38th Battalion. There the battalion trained for the combat that was to come when they crossed the channel. Herald and his comrades arrived as reinforcements in France on December 4, 1916. Herald slogged along with the battalion through the many battles to come including Vimy with only minor medical problems, sickness and infections until the attack on Valenciennes that started on November 1, 1918. On November 4, Herald was badly wounded by gunshots to his right arm, thigh, foot and head. Following treatment at the battalion field hospitals Herald was evacuated to England on November 23 for more advanced care at a number of hospitals. He was released on October 10, 1919. Returning to Canada, he convalesced at the Brant Military Hospital in Burlington, Ontario. Robert passed away on November 7, 1971, at age 76. JENNINGS, Richard Alfred “Dick” Richard was born in Cookley, England on February 18, 1920. In April 1938, just after turning eighteen, he enlisted in the Royal Air Force serving as an engine fitter. During the Battle of Britain, he was on salvage duty in Scotland recovering downed RAF and German aircraft. In 1941, he was sent to Singapore on a circuitous route that went as far north as Greenland (to avoid U-boats) and included stops in Cape Town, SouthAfrica, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). His squadron, the 149 Squadron, was deployed to Burma (Myanmar). Japanese advances in early 1942 forced a harrowing evacuation with several close calls when their ship came under heavy enemy fire. The squadron relocated to India near Calcutta for the rest of the war. After four years of overseas service, he returned home in May 1945 through the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean and was discharged in January 1946. In 1947, he emigrated to Canada initially to Toronto where he met and married Edna, his wife for close to sixty years. They had two children and five grandchildren. He worked for several major companies including Ontario Hydro, the Ford Motor Company and McDonnell Douglas. He lived in Mississauga from 1968 until his death in 2019, at the age of 99. JENKINSON, Gerald Wayne Gerald was born in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia on January 27, 1931. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy (Regular Force) in September 1948 as a radio operator and served on HMCS Ontarioon an Australian Cruise and on HMCS Magnificent. In 1953, he left the Navy and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He served for twenty years, stationed in Greenwood for six years; Metz, France for four years and NORAD Communications for one year in Lowther. Gerald was released in 1973. He retired to Nova Scotia and currently resides in South Porcupine, Ontario.
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