131 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND FORREST, James H. James was born on August 23, 1922 in Toronto, Ontario. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1942 and served on HMCS Visonand HMCS Lethbridge in the North Atlantic during World War II. James passed away in February 2000. FORSYTH, John Arthur “Jack” Jack was born on February 18, 1925, in Toronto to John Albert and May Violet (Risk) Forsyth. He enlisted as a Reservist with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals on April 16, 1943, then on September 13 transferred to Active Service attached to the Canadian Armoured Corps. After two months of basic training in Newmarket, he was posted to Camp Borden where he was certified as Driver Mechanic in Wheeled, Tracked and Tank vehicles. He completed his training in June 1944 and embarked for the United Kingdom, arriving on July 3. In the UK, he was attached to the SouthAlberta Regiment, 29th Armoured Reconnaissance and arrived in France on October 18,1944. Departing France on July 11,1945 and returning to Canada, he was discharged on April 17, 1946. During his service, Jack was Mentioned in Dispatches and received a related congratulatory letter from his local MP. After his discharge, he married Marie Williamina Stark and raised three children in Willowdale. He was a twenty-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Willowdale Branch 66. Jack passed away November 16, 2000 in Toronto at Sunnybrook Hospital. He was cremated and his ashes interred at York Cemetery, Toronto. FORSYTHE, Albert “Hugh” Hugh was born on September 29, 1924, in Severn Bridge, Ontario. He enlisted in the Canadian Army on October 27, 1945 and served with the Royal Canadian Engineers in England and Continental Europe during World War II. He trained in Petawawa until he was shipped overseas to England in November 1941. He was a driver in the motor vehicle pool. While in England, he met Doreen Burkin at a dance in Caterham, Surrey and later married her. Hugh disembarked in France on July 27, 1944 and was demobilized in October 1945. His war bride joined him in Canada in March 1946, living in Muskoka and raising ten children. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, and the Defense Medal. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Harry Wray Branch 302 for 55 years before he passed away on October 13, 1985.
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