241 www.on.legion.ca MacNAB, Archibald Archibald was born on November 12, 1893, in Jocelyn Township, St. Joseph Island east of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, to William and Anna (Bowler) MacNab. He was a labourer when he enrolled in the Army (Regular Force) with the 119th Overseas Battalion on December 31, 1915 in Richards Landing. He sailed for England onAugust 8, 1916. When in England, Archie was transferred to the 58th Battalion where he served in France. In August 1918, he suffered gun shot wounds to the lower extremities and left elbow. He was also diagnosed with nephritis. He was discharged as unfit for duty on February 24, 1919. Archibald returned to St. Joseph Island and passed away from pulmonary tuberculosis in Richards Landing on December 29, 1921. He is buried in the St. Joseph Township Cemetery. His brothers, Daniel and Frederick, also served. MacNAB, Bruce Campbell Bruce was born on May 31, 1919, in Milton, Ontario. He trained to become a public school teacher but chose, while studying, to enlist with the Royal Canadian Air Force in April 1940. He attended an observer’s course in Malton, a wireless course in Montreal, and gunnery training in Jarvis, Ontario, eventually graduating as a flying officer wireless operator. Bruce sailed from Halifax in March 1941 via Reykjavik, Iceland to England where he was posted to 405 Squadron RCAF as a Wireless Operator and Signal Leader doing fifty operational bombing runs over Germany and later the Middle East where he was assigned to 148 Squadron RAF. Bruce was sent to Egypt via North Africa and did duty over Suez, Benghazi, Tobruk, Greece, Crete, Sicily and Malta. He went back by ship to England via Durban, South Africa to Pocklington near York in north England. In 1943, Bruce was awarded a Distinguished Flying Medal at Buckingham Palace by King George VI and many years later in Canada, the George Cross by the Consul General of Malta. Bruce maintained close friendship with his fellow Wellington air crew from the UK, Australia and Canada, seeing them often abroad and at the home Bruce and Marion built on the Milton escarpment after their marriage in 1945. Many touching stories were shared with their six children over the years. Bruce was instrumental, with other Veterans from Milton, in starting The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 136, serving on executive for many years and continuing that commitment until his death in 1998 at the age of 79 in Milton. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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