247 www.on.legion.ca MARTY, Ivan Bernard Ivan was born in New Hamburg, Ontario on April 12, 1897, to Dr. John and Mary Matilda (Ruby) Marty. Ivan was into the first year as a medical student but then enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the 111th Battalion on May 12, 1916 in Preston, Ontario. The 111th sailed from Halifax aboard the SS Tuscania on September 25, 1916. Ivan arrived in Liverpool on October 8, 1916 and transferred to the 17th Reserve Bn. During training, he was diagnosed with defective vision and supplied with glasses. He was sent to E. Sandling and was transferred to the 35th Battalion (Black Watch). He was sent to W. Sandling and was transferred to the 75th Battalion (Central Ontario Regiment) on December 9, 1916 and posted to be a stretcher bearer. He was shipped across the Channel into France and on to the front lines in the Battle of Ancre. He was filling in as a stretcher bearer (Vimy Ridge). During the early hours of April 5, 1917, Ivan was hit by shrapnel, doing serious damage to his abdomen/left hip. He was rushed to the No. 22 Casualty Clearing Station and listed as dangerously ill. He succumbed to his injuries two days later on April 6, 1917. He is buried in Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension in France. Ivan Bernard Marty is commemorated on Page 291 of the First World War Book of Remembrance in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. MARVIN, Christopher Hallam “Chris” Chris was born on December 17, 1962, in New Liskeard, Ontario. He attended New Liskeard Secondary School and graduated in 1981, after which he attended the University of Waterloo, Brock University and McMaster University, where he obtained his PhD degree in Chemistry in 1994. Chris enlisted in the Army (Reserve Force) with 56th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, on May 1, 1997. He went on to command the 10th Field Battery in St. Catharines, Ontario, and 69 Battery in Simcoe, Ontario. Chris was Commanding Officer of 56th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, from 2012 to 2015 and 31 Signal Regiment, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals from 2016 to 2019, and was Deputy Commander of 31 Canadian Brigade Group from 2019 to 2021. His overseas deployments include Southwest Asia (2003) and Afghanistan (2011). Chris resides in Fonthill, Ontario, with his wife Chantal and works as a Research Scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. Chris is a five-year member of Talbot Trail Branch 613, Royal Canadian Legion. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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