165 www.on.legion.ca GIROUX, Theodore Joseph Theodore was born in Ruscombe, Ontario in 1894. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on February 15, 1915 and served with the Canadian Infantry, 33rd Battalion and 1st Battalion, CEF. Theodore was killed in action on October 13, 1915 in St. Quentin, Cabaret. GLACER, Rex Jeffrey Rex was born on September 21, 1956, and educated in Vancouver, BC. At the age of seventeen, Rex enlisted in the Canadian Naval Reserve at HMCS Discovery in Vancouver where he completed basic training. He completed a Pacific Rim tour during his service as a sailor. In 1974, he enlisted in the Regular Force as a Field Engineer and completed his training at Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering in Chilliwack, BC. He was then posted to 3 Field Squadron CME, still in Chilliwack. In 1976-77, he participated in Aid to the Civil Power during the prison guards’ strike. Upon completion of his basic parachute course, he did a stint with 1 Airborne Field Squadron, Canadian Airborne Regiment in Edmonton, Alberta. He also served with 22 Field Squadron in Gagetown, NB, during exercises RV 81 where he was in charge of the division water point. Later in his career, he transferred to the trade of Photographic Technician, completing training in Borden, Ontario, before being posted to Ottawa, and then Toronto. He left the Forces in 1992 to run his own Photographic business in Barrie, Ontario. Rex passed away in Collingwood, Ontario on April 19, 2025, at the age of 68. GOEBEL, Glennie Robert Glennie was born in New Hamburg, Ontario on January 30, 1894, to Fred and Louise Rosine (Kraus). Prior to World War I, Glennie was working in grocery sales. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in New Hamburg on March 24, 1916 with the 111th Battalion, 4th Bn. After months of basic training, they were transported to Halifax, shipped to England arriving in W. Sandling on October 6, 1916 where he was transferred to the 36th Bn. He was taken on strength in France on November 14, 1916. He was granted a ten-day leave which took him to Paris and upon returning, he rejoined his unit on the battlefront. On October 21, 1918, a piece of shrapnel struck him on the forehead, killing him instantly. Glennie is buried in Hasnon Churchyard, Nord de Calais, France. Private Glennie Robert Goebel is commemorated on Page 415 of the First World War Book of Remembrance in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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