279 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND OMAND, Bruce James Bruce was born on May 14, 1921, in Wellesley Township, Ontario, to Robert Wilson and Edith (Hammond) Omand along with nine siblings: Fraser, Jack, Helen, Grace, Frank, William, Kathleen, Robert and Marjorie. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in September 1942 with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and served in England, Belgium, France, and Holland with the 10th General Hospital Corps during World War II. They kept him overseas almost a year after the war, caring for the injured. He was discharged in January 1946. He married Josephine McPhail and they raised three children; Elizabeth, Vivian, and John. Following his graduation from Humber College, Bruce established the B. J. Omand Funeral Home in New Hamburg. Bruce was very involved in his community; a member of Zion United Church, Charter member of The Royal Canadian Legion New Hamburg Branch 532, past grand Master and District Deputy of Wilmot Masonic Lodge No. 318 AF and AM, the Waterloo Shrine Club Mocha Temple, Kitchener Chapter 117 Royal Arch Masons. His name is inscribed on the Veterans Memorial wall in the Legion. Bruce passed away on March 11, 1981, at the age of 59, and is laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery in New Hamburg. OTTMAN, Albert Jacob Albert was born on July 23, 1894, in Wellesley, Ontario to Charles Frederick and Elizabeth (Ziegler) Ottman along with twelve siblings: Carl, Peter, Henry, Annette, Henrietta, Elenora, Lavina, Louis, Persida, Victor, Helena, and Walter. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with 5th Artillery C.A.R.D. CFA on May 7, 1917, in London, Ontario and sent to Petawawa for training where he had a bout with tonsilitis. After extensive training, he was off to England arriving in Witley, England on December 8, 1917. Further training and adjustments helped to prepare Albert for his posting on April 4, 1918 with the Canadian Army Dental Corps in France. When the war was over, he was granted a fourteen-day leave to Paris. Upon his return to his unit, he was put to work with the demobilization of the Canadian Forces. On May 11, 1919, he was sent back to England and proceeded to Canada where he received his discharge on June 23, 1919. He married Edith Elma (Knott) and they raised three children. Albert passed away on January 25, 1946 in Edmonton, Alberta and is buried in the Municipal Cemetery in Edmonton, Alberta. ORTON, Clifford Reid Clifford was born in Coldwater, Ontario, on June 16, 1886. He was the son of David and Harriet (Reid) Orton. On June 17, 1916, he enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in Barrie, Ontario with the 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters), Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was thirty years old and single. He listed his trade as clerk and had no previous military experience. Private Orton sailed on the SS Cameronia to arrive in England on October 28, 1916. After some training in England, he landed in France on March 9, 1917 assigned to the 116th Canadian Infantry Battalion, part of the 3rd Canadian Division. He later transferred to the Light Railway Construction Company. He returned to Canada after the war for demobilization and was discharged on May 31, 1919. “Tippy”, as Clifford was known, later married Ethel Mulligan. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Coldwater Branch 270. He passed away on June 2, 1956 and is buried in the Coldwater Cemetery.
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