85 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND CALL, Kenneth M. Kenneth was born in Eastbourne, England on April 24, 1927. He served four and a half years in the British Army and enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifles, known as the 60th Rifles in May 1943. As the war got closer to the end, his Battalion was split up into companies forming the Army of Occupation. A longer stay in Italy and other war zones was needed. He was discharged in August 1947. In 1954, Kenneth immigrated to Canada and settled in Toronto, ON working for the TTC and later in property management for Toronto Harbour Front Development. He joined The Royal Canadian Legion Port Perry Branch 419 and served with the Colour Party for many years. Kenneth passed away on May 2, 2013. CAMPBELL, Vincent Elias Vincent was born in Calgary, Alberta on January 27, 1965. He enrolled in the Army (Reserve Force) in 1980 and served with the First Nova Scotia Highlanders in Springhill, Nova Scotia. They were an Infantry Unit. Most of his service was on the east coast of Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in Germany. He was released in 1987. After the military, Vincent was a corrections officer in Toronto, Ontario. He is a five-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Claremont Branch 483. CAMERON, Allan Macleod Allan was born in 4th Artemesia Township on April 15, 1922. He joined the 48th Highlanders in Toronto, January 1, 1943. After a stay in Toronto in the CNE Horse Palace, he began basic training in Orillia. He was shipped out to England. Allan was a bagpiper, which earned him an additional $0.25 a day. In August 1944, Allan was shipped to Italy where he joined the 48th Highlanders Pipe Band. Bandsmen were pulled off the front lines as foot soldiers shortly after the landings in Italy from Sicily because they were hard to replace when wounded or killed. So, Allan did burial duty, stretcher bearing and served as C Company’s piper when on route marches. In March 1945, the Canadian Army 1st Division left Italy, joining the rest of the Canadians in Holland. The 48th were in the town of Apeldoorn on VE Day. At the close of the war, Allan guarded German soldiers as they surrendered. With the 48th Pipe Band, Allan helped relocate 1,367 soldiers from battlefield graves to a new Canadian Cemetery at Holten, Holland. The 48th came home in October 1945 with Allan wearing a Lance Corporal’s strip. Allan passed away on February 22, 2000.
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