379 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND WHITE, Reginald Earl “Reg” Reg was born on September 4, 1925, in Brantford, Ontario to James “Robert” and Violet (Eastman) White. He was one of three boys, along with brothers, Robert and Harold, and grew up in Kitchener, Ontario. He attended public school at J.F. Carmichael and Courtland Avenue. Prior to enlisting in the army, Reg worked at Doon Twines. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on January 4, 1944, trained in Chatham and Ipperwash, and served in World War II as a Private in the Essex Scottish unit. He arrived in England in late 1944, was captured in Holland on February 19, 1945 and declared a prisoner of war. Reg was discharged on September 26, 1946. He married Anne Mary Reiser on February 15, 1947, in Kitchener, and they had two children, Sharon and Tony. Reg was employed with Schneider’s Meats, Standard Television, and Onward Manufacturing. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 50 (Kitchener) for a short time, enjoyed fishing, small game hunting, bowling, gardening, and leatherwork. Reg passed away on June 26, 1972, at the age of 46, and is laid to rest in Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener. WHITE, William James “Bill” Bill was born on March 14, 1916, in Sudbury, Ontario. He graduated university in uniform as a Corporal in May 1943 in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. Bill was sent to England, then Belgium and would become part of the Canadian Liberation of Holland. Eventually, Bill attained the rank of Major and in December 1945, he attended the war trial in Aurich, Germany of General Kurt Meyer, Panzer Division. Bill was the General’s Doctor during the trial. Kurt Meyer was found guilty of allowing the execution of Canadian prisoners of war, captured in June 1944 at The Abbaye d’Ardenne in Normandy, France. Returning to Canada, Bill supervised the Rehabilitation Hospital for Veterans, in Long Branch and was discharged in 1946. He returned to Sudbury to practice family medicine, and his wartime experience helped his work in the hospital emergency care. Bill became the doctor for The Radar Base in Falconbridge, Ontario and INCO as well as The Sudbury Public Health Unit. He became the physician for Air Canada, CN Rail and The Sudbury Wolves hockey team. After fifty years of medical practice, Bill retired in 1973. He passed away on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1995. WHYTE, Donald Burnett Donald was born in Pense, Saskatchewan on July 2, 1920, to Garfield Whyte and Lucille Lee. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in 1942 and trained in Nanaimo, BC with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment. He was discharged from the army in 1946. He farmed near Ceylon eventually selling the farm and working for the Department of Highway. He ran a Texaco and Restaurant in Markdale, Ontario and Hoffman Trucking in Elmira. He was married in January 1942 and they had two children, Donna and Sheila. He belonged to The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 333. Donald passed away on November 16, 1985.
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