359 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND VANCOUGHNETT, William Earl William was born in Calgary, Alberta on October 6, 1922. The family moved to Windsor, Essex County in 1936. William attended Walkerville Collegiate in Windsor and went to work at the Essex Wire Corporation. In August 1943, he enlisted with the Air Force (Regular Force). His training was in McDonald, Manitoba where he received his wings. He was promoted to sergeant and sent to England where he joined the #578 Bomber Squadron. On March 19, 1944, he was killed in action in his Halifax Bomber during a night trip over Frankfurt, Germany. Sergeant Air Gunner Vancoughnett was 21 years old. He is buried in Durnbach War Cemetery in Germany. VENNING, William Henry William was born on June 20, 1909, in Toronto, Ontario. He started in the Royal Canadian Engineers on September 21, 1942 as a Sapper serving in Canada and England, and finished as a Lance Corporal with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps at the time of his discharge on February 14, 1946. He was awarded the Defence Medal, the King George Active Service Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp. William was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Bolton Branch 371 for more than fifty years until he passed away on February 17, 1999. VENNING, Colin Herbert Edward Colin was born in Exeter, England on February 28, 1925. At the start of World War II, between the ages of fourteen and seventeen, he was a watch-keeping telephonist including during the Exeter Blitz 1942. He joined the Army (Regular Force) with the Coldstream Guards on December 28, 1942. Fought, injured unconscious, he was transported from Leopoldsburg, Belgium to Nottingham, 1944. He recovered in 1945, served as Lance Sergeant, 2nd Battalion until honourable discharge on May 28, 1947. While in London, Colin applied to Ontario’s post-war immigration campaign and journeyed to Canada and joined the Toronto Police Force. He served on the rescue team during Hurricane Hazel in 1954. Concurrently, he served in the Canadian Army Reserve. Leaving Toronto Force in 1959, he became Director of Security in the trucking industry with Smith Transport. From the 1970s to the mid-1990s, he was Director of Security and Safety for Ontario Trucking Association. During this time, he formed relationships with police forces across Canada and the USA and was co-founder Chairman of the Commercial Security Association. In 1991, he was made an honourary member of the Canadian Chiefs of Police. Apart from his professional career, in 1964, he co-founded Toronto’s Council of Inter-Faith Laymen. He was married for 57 years to Viola. Colin passed away on December 29, 2008, in Georgetown, Ontario.
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