161 www.on.legion.ca GARUS, Bronisław “Bruno” Bruno was born on August 17, 1924, in Witanowicz, Poland. He was arrested by the Germans in May 1941 and sent to Germershiem Rhineland Germany as forced labour. He worked as a butcher until his liberation by allied forces. He remained in the French occupied zone of Germany where he joined a French Army Guard Unit on May 28, 1946 and served until his discharge on September 15, 1947. He immigrated to Canada in July 1949 heading to Ontario where he worked in construction. Bruno was involved in many construction projects across Ontario including Ryerson University and the Pen Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario where he eventually settled. Bruno joined The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 418 in 1954 and became a Life Member in 2005. He participated in the Poppy Campaign every year until he was 94 years old and is still fondly remembered at the Welland Ave Walmart for his support of the Poppy Campaign. For his service and volunteerism, Bruno was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. He was a 66-year member of Polish Veterans Branch 418 of The Royal Canadian Legion. Bruno passed away in January 2020. GATTINGER, Friston Eugene Friston ‘Eugene’ Gattinger was born on October 13, 1920, in Duff, Saskatchewan, to Jacob J. and Amelia (Haberstock) Gattinger. He was a teacher in Saskatchewan before enlisting in the RCAF (Regular Force) on September 23, 1941, in Regina. Eugene was deployed to the United Kingdom, training and serving in various RAF squadrons as a radar mechanic, before eventually joining the 8th Pathfinder Force. Sergeant Gattinger was discharged on November 6, 1945. In 1949, he married Edith Marguerite McAlpine, and they had two children, Garry and Marney. He farmed in Lemberg, Saskatchewan, before attending the Library School at McGill University in Montreal, in the 1950s. After graduation, he was employed as a librarian at Memorial University, Newfoundland and later at York University, Toronto. He authored a book in 1962: “A Century of Challenge: A History of the Ontario Veterinary College” and earned a Governor General award for poetry in 1967 for his Newfoundland poem “Quattrocentennial”. Eugene passed away on December 10, 2006, in Richmond Hill, Ontario and is buried with his wife, in Pheasant Forks Cemetery, Saskatchewan. GAUDET, Christopher “Chris” Chris was born in Walkerton, Ontario on September 4, 1981. He started his military career with the Reserves Grey Simcoe Foresters, Owen Sound 19992007, completing his training in Meaford. He became a Peacekeeper in Bosnia in 2001, served in Afghanistan 2009-2010 as a gunner with Armour Reconnaissance Squadron. He has been a member of the Royal Canadian Dragoon since 2007, Petawawa Reg Forces. He was promoted to the rank of Sgt in 2021 and moved to A Sqn RCACS as an instructor teaching 25mm gunnery as well as the Armoured Troop Leader course. He moved to HQ and Standards Sqn working in the standard cell Technical Troop. Chris is a sixteen-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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