119 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND FARR, John Abraham “Jack” Jack was born on June 1, 1923, in Thistletown, Ontario, to John Torrance and Mary Elizabeth (Fleming) Farr. Jack worked as a farmer, truck driver, and stableman, in Todmorden, Ontario, before enlisting on November 27, 1943, in Toronto. He trained throughout Canada, before embarking for the UK on January 9, 1945. He was posted to RAF 99 Squadron based in Kohar, India, and arrived there on March 26, 1945. He was part of an aircrew of eight on an operational flight over the Bay of Bengal on June 5, 1945, when their Liberator Bomber spun out of control and crashed into the sea, exploding on impact. All eight were classified as Missing in Action and presumed killed in action. Flight Sergeant Farr is commemorated on the Singapore War Memorial, on his parents’ headstone in St Paul’s Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Vaughan, Ontario, and his grandparent’s headstone, Hillcrest Cemetery, Woodbridge, Ontario. FARROW, Kenneth H. Kenneth was born on April 22, 1922 in the Arran Township, Ontario. He enlisted in the Canadian Army on September 17, 1942 and served with the Carlton and York Infantry in Sicily and Italy during World War II. He was wounded in January 1944 in Sicily. On April 17, 1945, Kenneth was discharged and returned to civilian life. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Chesley Branch 144 for 60 years. Kenneth passed away on January 26, 2013. FENTON, Fred J. Fred was born on December 1, 1920, in Blenheim, Ontario. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy on May 30, 1941 and served on the HMCS Windsor, the HMCS Assiniboineand the HMCS Montreal in the North Atlantic and the English Channel during World War II. He was on HMCS Assiniboinewhen it rammed and sunk U 210 on August 6, 1943 after point blank surface action taking almost five hours. This was done without help from other escorts and was the first real action for most of the crew. In another incident the HMCS Assiniboine helped to rescue survivors from a sunken U-boat who were stranded near Land’s End, UK. He was discharged in 1945. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Fred Gies Branch 50 for over 50 years. Fred passed away on October 17, 1996.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTM0NTk1OA==