367 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND WAGORN, Raymond Walter Raymond was born on February 2, 1922, in Hopetown, Ontario. He signed up for service in January 1940 with the IV Princess Louise Dragoon Guards (PLDG’s). He went overseas and fought in the invasion of Sicily and Italy. Raymond was hospitalized while serving in Holland and when released, he was transferred to the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment where he remained until VE Day. He was also in his unit’s band as a drummer. He returned to Canada in October 1945. Raymond remained very active with his comrades from his unit and participated in reunions, parades, and functions until his death on April 15, 2002. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion in Renfrew for 25 years. WALDOCK, Joseph Joseph, the son of Joseph Sr. and Emma Waldock, was born in Hertfordshire, England on September 17, 1891. He immigrated to Canada in 1914 and worked as a farm labourer in Erin Twp, Ontario. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in Hillsburgh, Ontario on September 22, 1915. He attested that he had five years of previous military service with the 3rd Bedford Regt. in Britain. A proliferation of tattoos on both forearm and hands probably confirmed this. In November, the citizens of Hillsburgh presented Joseph and five other recruits of the 71st Battalion with watches before going overseas. Pte. Joseph Waldock was severely wounded on September 21, 1916, in France. A high explosive shell left him with shrapnel in his back, spine, buttocks and his legs. He was evacuated to the hospital at Wimereux, France and on to the King George Hospital at Stanford in England where he remained in critical condition. At the No. 16 Ontario Military Hospital at Orpington, Kent, his paraplegia condition was declared incurable. In September 1917, Joseph was invalided to Canada for treatment. Pte. JosephWaldock died of myelitis of the spine in Toronto on December 11, 1917, and was buried in the Toronto Prospect Cemetery. WALKER, Andrew Morrison Orr Andrew was born in 1924, the son of WilliamWalker and Mary Morrison Walker of Montreal, Quebec. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at the age of nineteen in February 1943. He was employed with the Canadian National Railway prior to joining the Air Force serving with 626 Squadron overseas. Pilot Officer Walker was reported missing and presumed killed in action over Germany on January 15, 1944 during operations. His remains were never found. He is commemorated on page 573 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance in Ottawa and his name is listed on panel 281 on the Runnymede Memorial located in Surrey, United Kingdom.
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