87 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND DANIELLS, Charles Albert Charles was born on May 17, 1917, in New Hamburg, Ontario, to Thomas Roland and Loretta Clara (Schaefer) (Walther) Daniells along with Frederick George, Rita (Fenn) and Dora Daniells. Charles received his education at the New Hamburg Continuation School. Prior to World War II, Charles was employed in the electrical profession. He enlisted in 1941 with the Royal Canadian Air Force, trained to be a maintenance electrician in St. Thomas. During his service in Canada, he was stationed in various bases in Dunville, Quebec, and Saskatoon. He was discharged in 1945. Charles married Helen Amelia (Kalbfleisch) and they raised three children: Thomas Charles, Lynn Margaret (Whittrick) and Jane Merrill (Howald) Daniells. He returned to the electrical field of employment and became a Certified Electrician and advanced to become Superintendent of the Local Utilities Commission in New Hamburg. A very skilled woodworker, he also served as a volunteer fire-fighter, plus in 1954 joined the local Legion New Hamburg Branch 532 and served as Secretary. He was a member for thirteen years. Charles passed away on July 10, 1967, at the age of fifty, and is laid to rest in the Riverside Cemetery N.H. DANIELLS, Charles Thompson Charles was born on March 21, 1897, in Haysville, Ontario to Thomas and Annie Marie (Pogson) Daniells, along with: Louise, Clara, Mary Jane, Eva, Alice, George, Maurice, Ruth, Fanny, Minnie, Thomas, Edith and Reginald. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in New Hamburg on January 27, 1916, with the 111th Battalion. After receiving extensive training, he was shipped overseas on September 25, 1916, aboard the SS Tuscania. In Liverpool, he continued training before he was shipped to the battlefield. Once in France, he was then transferred to the 4th Reserve Battalion, C. Co. Sickness kept him in and out of hospitals with trench foot, myalgia, and pleurisy. He was granted leave of absence in March 1918 with permission to marry Constance Raigner in the United Kingdom. He then returned to his unit on April 10, 1918, and during action in Upton Wood, he was shot in the neck by a sniper and died instantly on September 2, 1918. He is buried in the Queant Road Cemetery in Pas-de-Calais, France. Charles is commemorated on page 394 of the First World War Book of Remembrance located in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, Ottawa. DANIELLS, Frederick George “Fred” Fred was born on September 25, 1914, in New Hamburg, Ontario to Thomas Roland and Loretta Clara (Schaefer) along with one brother, Charles Albert, and two sisters, Dora (infant death) and Rita (Fenn). Prior to World War II, he apprenticed plumbing with George Steiner’s Plumbing, he had moved to Tillsonburg, Ontario and worked for Carroll Brothers Ltd. In 1940, Fred enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force (Regular Force) in Tillsonburg, received training in the Air Force Maintenance Division in Toronto and was shipped to the Canadian Car and Foundry Company in Fort William where he became the certified Quality Control Inspector on the production line that built the Hurricane Planes. He was discharged in 1945 with the rank of Sergeant. Fred married Betty (Johnston) in 1942, and they had one daughter, Marilyn. He was owner of F.G. Daniells Plumbing, Heating and Tinsmiths. A stained-glass art called “The Bright Morning Star” was created by Ralph Berg and Frederick and Betty Daniells and installed in the Trinity Lutheran Church in New Hamburg. Frederick passed away on October 23, 1996, and is laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery in New Hamburg, Ontario. He was a twelve-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion New Hamburg Branch 532.
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