349 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND STEWART, William Peter “Bill” Bill was born in Hamilton, Ontario on September 1, 1937. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve in 1954. He was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy at the age of seventeen, in May 1955, straight out of school. He served on HMCS Cornwallis, Stadacona, Gaspe, Portage Crusader, and lived in Caledonia. Bill has been to England, the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Great Lakes, Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Scotland and Ireland. He was released in May 1960 and was employed byWestinghouse Canada for 37 years and retired to Chesley, Ontario with his wife Olga of 68 years in 1998. He has been a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Hepworth and now Tara for 27 years. Bill retired in 1998, and they have three boys and six grandchildren. STONEHOUSE, Norman Robert Norman was born on January 22, 1939, in a farmhouse in Two Creeks, Manitoba. He trained in St. Jean, Quebec, then Clinton, Ontario and Camp Borden. He became a radar, coms tech and worked in Rockcliffe, Ontario; Uplands, Ontario then Trenton, Ontario; Cold Lake, Alberta; Comox, BC and several mobile repair in other areas. He had the honour to be with Queen Elizabeth in 1959 while she toured Canada. Norman took an honourable release after ten years in the Royal Canadian Air Force due to amalgamation. He married his wife Loraine in 1962, and they had five children. Norman is a member of The Royal Canadian Legion West Carleton Branch 616. STRAUCH, Arthur Bernard Arthur was born on November 2, 1895, in New Hamburg, Ontario, to Conrad and Catherina (Mueller) along with three siblings: Olive Barbara, Edgar Conrad and Edna. He was working in New Hamburg Furniture Factory in New Hamburg when he received his draft letter to report to the Recruiting Depot in London. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) onApril 16, 1918, with the 1st Depot BattalionW.O.R. After his basic training, he was shipped to England on July 22, 1918, where he was transferred to the 4th Canadian Reserve Battalion. Shortly after arriving, he was reported sick and was diagnosed with colitis on August 23, 1918. As the war was winding down, Arthur was put to work at various camps in England until he was shipped back to Canada and discharged on July 11, 1919. He returned to his previous job, married Bern (Ingold) and they raised two boys, Earl and Burton. He was an eight-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion New Hamburg Branch 532. Arthur died in 1952 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery in New Hamburg, Ontario. Arthur’s service is remembered by his family in New Hamburg.
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