269 www.on.legion.ca MERNER, William Lorne William was born in London, Ontario on October 11, 1954. He enlisted in the army (Regular Force) in June 1976 and served with the 1st Second Battalion and also with the 1st Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in Israel and in Germany. MICELI (SLOBODIAN), Dona May Dona was born on July 5, 1956, in Montreal, Quebec. She moved to Brampton, Ontario in June 1963 and enlisted with the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve (Land) Lorne Scots (PD&H Regiment) at the age of eighteen as a Private. Dona commenced her service on November 7, 1974 and her duties involved being a clerk to the Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel F.E. Ching. The position of clerk was an exact match to her studies in high school. Dona qualified for and successfully completed General Military Training which included training at CFB Downsview, CFB Borden, and CFB Meaford. Dona successfully completed her training on April 30, 1975. She served until honourably released on December 12, 1975. The experience Dona gained from the position of clerk with the Canadian Forces allowed her to be gainfully employed by lawyers in civilian life for the next 25 years. Dona has been an ordinary member of The Royal Canadian Legion Alliston Branch 171 since 2011, as well as a member of the Ladies’ Auxiliary to The Royal Canadian Legion. MIEHM, Hugh Patrick Hugh was born in New Hamburg, Ontario on November 29, 1890, to Jacob and Mary Ann (McDonald) Miehm, along with five siblings, Irene, Edna (Kieswetter), Harry D., Walter Raymond, Clara Marie (Deeton). Prior toWorldWar I, he worked in a tinsmith shop. The family lived in New Hamburg where Hugh received his public and high school education. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on May 8, 1916, in Berlin, Ontario with the 118th Battalion, then transferred to the 256th. After many months of training, the Battalion boarded the SS Missanabie and arrived in England onApril 7, 1917, where he was transferred to the 251st (Railway Construction Division). He received additional training and arrived in France on July 4, 1917, and put to work building and repairing rail lines or digging trenches. He was granted a fourteen-day pass to the United Kingdom, returned to his unit and worked until he was discharged on March 27, 1919. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Kitchener Branch 50 for over fifty years. He married Ada (Schnarr) and they raised two children, George and Elaine. Hugh passed away on April 15, 1973, and is buried in the Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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