127 www.on.legion.ca DIENING, Joseph August “Joep” Joseph “Joep” was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 7, 1950. Educated at Royal Roads and the Royal Military College of Canada, he graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1973. He began his Air Force career as Air Navigator (ANAV) flying Argus Aircraft out of Greenwood, Nova Scotia. He also served as Detachment Commander in Frobisher Bay. He accumulated close to 2,000 flying hours during this time. In 1981, he qualified as anAerospace Engineer (AERE) Officer and held positions as Maintenance Officer at CFB Trenton, Ontario (1982-1984), and as the Aircraft Engineering Officer for several aircraft fleets out of NDHQ Ottawa. Following Staff College in 1989-1990, Joep was assigned to various positions in Trenton, culminating as Commanding Officer of 8 Air Maintenance Squadron from 1995-1999. He also served as Detachment Commander for the NATO Mobile Air Movement Detachment in Rimini, Italy, in 1998. Promoted to Colonel in 1999, he was posted to Winnipeg, Manitoba and later to Ottawa. He took his release in October 2000 after a 31-year career. Col. Diening received several accolades along the war, including the Order of Military Merit (1997), the Sovereign Medal for Volunteers (2024), and the King Charles III Coronation Medal (2025). He currently resides in Penetanguishene, Ontario. DIETRICH, Robert Arthur Robert was born in Baden, Ontario on October 11, 1892. He received the draft letter that, as per the Military Service Act 1917, he was to report to the London Military Depot. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on May 31, 1918 with the 1st Depot Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment. He listed his trade as a baker and his next of kin as his father Henry A. Dietrich. During his basic training, he was hospitalized on October 17, 1918 with high fever and was diagnosed with influenza. When he was cleared from the hospital, the war was over. He was sent back to Canada and was discharged in London on November 29, 1918. DINGLE, Joseph Anthony Joseph was born December 15, 1873 in Norage, Ontario to Joseph and Magdalene (Harris) Dingle. He was residing in Richards Landing as a farmer when he enrolled in the Army (Regular Force) with the 119th Overseas Battalion on December 31, 1915. Joseph sailed for England on August 8, 1916. He was then transferred to the 11th Railway Troops where he served in England and France. Discharged on March 19, 1919, he returned to Richards Landing on St. Joseph Island. On November 16, 1939, he married Elizabeth Baldwin. Joseph passed away in a hospital in Sault Ste. Marie on May 6, 1948 and is buried in Laird Township Cemetery east of Sault Ste. Marie. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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