47 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND BELL, Duncan Duncan was born in Glasgow, Scotland on January 16, 1900. He served with the Cameron Highlanders during World War I. In Scotland, he married a woman from Verdun, Quebec. They had two daughters. In 1930, he immigrated to Canada onboard the Athenia and settled in Verdun, followed by his family a few months later. At the outbreak of WorldWar II in September 1939 and following the sinking of the Athenia, he joined the RCMP to guard war plants. He left them a few months later, enlisting in the Canadian Army on January 24, 1940 and trained in Camp Borden, Ontario in 1940. He was attached to the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and sent to England twice. On his second voyage, Duncan became one of 207 fatalities when his troopship, the Nerissawas sunk near Eire on May 1, 1941 by U-522. This was one of the largest number of Canadian troopship fatalities in World War II. He was listed as “missing, believed lost at sea”. An unidentified body washed up on the Irish coast in July was first misidentified but later correctly confirmed as his. He is buried in a Commonwealth War Grave in Killybegs, Eire. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth and two daughters. BELL, John John was born in Sheshegwaning, Ontario. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1914 and served with the 119th Battalion as a Sapper until his discharge in 1918. He was married to Catherine. John passed away in October 1921. BELL, Harvey S. Harvey was born on November 13, 1923, in Chesley, Sullivan Township, Ontario. He enlisted in the Canadian Army on July 12, 1941 and served with the 4th Divisional Petrol Company, Royal Canadian Service Corps and the 4th Canadian Armed Division in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, France and Holland. Private Bell was discharged on March 20,1946 and was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defense Medal, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp. He married Margaret, who was from Scotland, during his service. After returning to civilian life, Harvey farmed with his father in the Sullivan Township until becoming a 1st Class Engineer on Great Lakes Steamers until his untimely passing in 1967.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTM0NTk1OA==