Military Service Recognition Book

107 www.on.legion.ca COLE, Douglas Wayne Douglas was born in Chatham, Ontario on March 5, 1942. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on September 21, 1960 and served with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force Pay Corps in Vietnam and in Canada. He was released in 1993. Doug received the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal. He retired from the Military Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario in 1993. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 18 for over ten years. Douglas resided in Wallaceburg, Ontario until he passed away on December 30, 2022. COLE, Glen Charles Leonard Glen was born in Blenheim, Ontario on April 7, 1916. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) and served with the 15th Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division. The 15th Field Ambulance was a highly trained medical unit that operated in the battlefields of Normandy, the Falaise Pocket in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. After the German surrender, the unit cared for Prisoners of War as the Stalag were liberated in May 1945. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 18 for over 25 years. Glen resided in Wallaceburg, Ontario until he passed away on January 29, 2006. COLE, Thomas Henry “Tom” Tom was born on January 16, 1910, in Gloster Borough, County of Gloster England and immigrated to Canada in his early teens, working for farmers in the Nestleton area. During World War II, he worked in munitions in Ajax, Ontario and from there he enlisted in the Canadian Infantry Corp serving overseas in the United Kingdon, Central Mediterranean and Continental Europe. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star and Defence Medal. In October 1940, he returned to Canada with the 48th Highlanders and took a carpentry course in Hamilton. On April 20, 1946, he married Genevieve Beacock and lived in Oshawa until her death in 1990. They had no children. He was a member of Simcoe Street United Church in Oshawa, Ontario. Tom passed away October 4, 1990. He is buried in the Beacock Family plot at Cartwright Union Cemetery, Blackstock. Ontario. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command

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