273 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND NICHOLLS, Arthur Frederick Arthur was born on June 9, 1895, in London, England and came to Canada at the age of five with his brother. The Barnardo Organization brought homeless, orphaned, or poor children to Canada beginning in the early 1990s. He was placed in Stratford and he enlisted as soon as he was of age. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in Stratford on February 25, 1916 with the 110th Battalion CEF. He went overseas on the CC Caronia in November 1916 and was with the 16th Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He served in England for one year and in France for two years and suffered serious bouts of influenza and then French Fever throughout 1917. He was posted as a guard at a POW camp. He was found to have flat feet in May 1919 and was discharged on June 16, 1919. He came to Elma Township to farm. He married his wife Lola in 1923 and had a family of a son and a daughter. They retired to the village of Brodhagen in 1951 and then to Atwood in 1968. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1973 and Arthur died on October 28, 1987. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Listowel Branch for twenty years. NIELSON, John John was born on January 30, 1908, in Denmark. He immigrated to Canada in 1948. He was a baker by trade and worked for a number of bakeries during his 22 years in town. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in 1942 to serve in World War II and was assigned to the Highland Fusiliers. His service was in Canada, England, Belgium, and Germany. The war was over and John was on his way back to Canada and discharged in October 1946. During the New Hamburg Monster scare in 1953, John baked an ugly alligator, which the children in town had fun having their picture taken with. It goes without saying that they also enjoyed eating the monster cake. John joined The Royal Canadian Legion New Hamburg Branch 532 and had twelve years of membership. He married Mary Flannigan and they raised one son, John. He did have a number of sisters and brothers in Copenhagen, Denmark. John died in the St. Mary’s Hospital on February 1, 1970 and is laid to rest in the Riverside Cemetery in New Hamburg. His service is commemorated on the Legions Veterans wall. NICHOLSON, David Bell David was born in Montreal on December 23, 1925. He joined the military at the age of sixteen on July 23, 1941 and went to Germany with the Army Service Corps, 2 Service Battalion during World War II. He came back and had the honour of driving the Queen for the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. That was the last time the military drove her as the RCMP took over after that. He was released on September 11, 1970. He was a thirty-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 638. David resided in Carp, Ontario from 1970 until his passing on May 14, 2015.
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