45 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND BROWN, Morris Archibald Morris was born on January 1, 1895, in Marksville (now Hilton Beach), a small community on St. Joseph Island, Ontario to Peter Brown and Elizabeth Archibald. His attestation document lists that he was an iron worker by trade. On January 31, 1916, he enrolled in the Army (Regular Force) with the 119th Overseas Battalion and also served with 52nd Battalion. On December 30, 1917, Private Morris Brown died during a poison gas attack while serving in France. He is buried in the Loos Cemetery in France and his name is inscribed on the Hilton Beach Cenotaph on St. Joseph Island. BROWN, Norman Hilton Norman was born about 1891 in Marksville, Ontario (now Hilton Beach) on St. Joseph Island to Peter Brown and Elizabeth Archibald. His trade was a labourer. For some unknown reason, Norman joined the 13th Field Company of the Australian Engineers on December 22, 1915, in New SouthWales. His unit appears to have been in France or Belgium because on October 16, 1917, he was killed in action. His body was never recovered. Spr. Norman Brown’s name is inscribed on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium and on the Hilton Beach, St. Joseph Island Cenotaph. A memorial card was left by his name at the Menin Gate by the writer in 2017. BRUNO, Allan Edo “Al” Al was born in Toronto, Ontario on April 14, 1922, the seventh of eight children. He enlisted in the Canadian Army (Regular Force) with the RCCS on September 21, 1942 and became a paratrooper with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. He participated in the Allied Invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. His medals include the 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. He was discharged on demobilization on January 22, 1946. After leaving the service, he married Alice B. LaLonde whom he met while stationed in Cornwall, Canada. Al moved his growing family, which now included three girls, to California in 1961. They all became U.S. citizens in 1965. Al spent most of his life in Lakewood, California. In addition to being an avid gardener, he was an active member of The Royal Canadian Legion for 63 years, American Legion, and the Loyal Order of the Moose where he also served as its Governor. Al passed away on September 19, 2024 and is interred in the Canadian Memorial area at Park Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles.
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