371 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND WALTER, Eric Henry Eric was born on July 10, 1923, in Markendorf, Germany, to Henry and Thresa (Klein). The family immigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan. On November 24, 1942, he joined the World War II call for arms with the Army (Regular Force). After months of training, he was shipped overseas to the United Kingdom and transferred to the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and then to Italy to the fiercest battles in the Central Mediterranean Area and Continental Europe which resulted in Eric receiving the 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. When war was over, Eric was sent back to Regina and presented with his discharge papers on March 29, 1946, and returned to civil life. He moved to Ontario, and was hired by Sunshine in Waterloo as a Tool and Die Setter. He married Loretta Doering, and they raised three daughters: Janice, Valerie, and Jean. He became a Canadian citizen on March 28, 1950. He made time for some extra activities, bowling, gardening, woodworking, and playing with his German Sheppard dogs. In 1982, he joined The Royal Canadian Legion New Hamburg Branch 532 and was a member for 25 years. Eric passed away on August 27, 2007, and is laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery in New Hamburg. WARD, John Reginald John was born in Monkton, Ontario on November 14, 1892. He was a farmer. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on February 12, 1916, in Stratford with the 110th Battalion CEF. He was shipped overseas on April 7, 1917. He was sent to France in June 1917 and served with the 64th Dep Battery and the 4th ODAC. He served his country well and came home in May 1919 on the SS Aquitania and landed in Halifax. He was discharged on May 27, 1919, and returned to live in the Monkton area for the next 47 years. He received the Good Conduct Badge. John passed away on November 9, 1966. WARDLE, Clifford Gordon Clifford was born in Port Arthur on May 3, 1925, to William and Maysie Wardle, along with six siblings; four brothers, Albert, Bill, Stan, and Bob, and two sisters, Pat and Lexie. Clifford married Margaret (Livingston) on September 2, 1944 and they raised three children, Brian, Linda and David. He joined the Navy (Regular Force) in 1944 and served on a minesweeper out of St. John’s, Newfoundland as a stoker cleaning boilers. His ship was instrumental in patrolling the east coast of Canada for German u-boats. When the war was over, he returned to Port Arthur and discharged on March 29, 1946. Cliff owned and operated Electro-fab, an electrical business in Galt, Ontario, from 1966 to 1989. He celebrated his 100th birthday on May 3, 2025.
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