269 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND MARVIN, Christopher Hallam “Chris” Chris was born on December 17, 1962, in New Liskeard, Ontario. He attended New Liskeard Secondary School and graduated in 1981, after which he attended the University of Waterloo, Brock University and McMaster University, where he obtained his PhD degree in Chemistry in 1994. Chris enlisted in the Army (Reserve Force) with 56th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, on May 1, 1997. He went on to command the 10th Field Battery in St. Catharines, Ontario, and 69 Battery in Simcoe, Ontario. Chris was Commanding Officer of 56th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, from 2012 to 2015 and 31 Signal Regiment, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals from 2016 to 2019, and was Deputy Commander of 31 Canadian Brigade Group from 2019 to 2021. His overseas deployments include Southwest Asia (2003) and Afghanistan (2011). Chris resides in Fonthill, Ontario, with his wife Chantal and works as a Research Scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. Chris is a five-year member of Talbot Trail Branch 613, Royal Canadian Legion. MARVIN, Edward Harvey Harvey was born on June 15, 1897, in Toronto, Ontario. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the 4th Canadian Divisional Cyclists on February 21, 1916. He deployed overseas with the Cyclists and was later transferred to the 75th Battalion (the “Mississaugas”) of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, who are perpetuated today by the Toronto Scottish Regiment. Harvey was wounded during the assault on Le Quesnel on the second day of the Battle of Amiens (August 9, 1918) at the beginning of Canada’s Last Hundred Days. Le Quesnel is now the site of the Canadian Memorial paying tribute to the achievements of the Canadian Corps in the Battle of Amiens. Harvey was discharged on the June 9, 1919, and afterwards became a stockbroker with Draper Dobie in Toronto. Harvey passed away in June 1981. MATHESON, Huntley Clark Huntley was born in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia on September 8, 1893. Private Huntley Matheson enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 23, 1915. He was 22 years old and was a cable operator. He was sent overseas on the SS Olympic on October 13, 1916, with the 85th Battalion. He was promoted to L/Cpl and the battalion was shipped to Boulogne, France in February 1917. He was awarded the Badge in the Field. He was wounded in September 1918 with a gunshot wound to the right knee. He had been in France about nineteen months at the time. He returned to England on the HS Cambria and spent ten months being hospitalized and recuperating. Huntley was invalided to Canada in January 1919 on the SS Esseaniboto St. John. He was discharged on May 9, 1919. He decided to head west and settled in Asquith, Saskatchewan, then Saskatoon where he practiced pharmacy. He resided in Brussels, Ontario at one time. At the time of his death, November 28, 1982, he was 91 years old and was in Burnaby, British Columbia.
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