277 www.on.legion.ca MUIR, Fraser Alexander Fraser was born in Westville, Nova Scotia on June 27, 1924. On his eighteenth birthday, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. After processing through an RCAF manning depot, Fraser was trained as an Air Gunner under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Upon completion of training, he was posted overseas in 1943 to No. 5 Bomber Group RAF, where he served with 50 Squadron flying out of RAF Skellingthorpe, England. During his tour, he flew 36 missions on Lancaster bombers to such targets as Dresden and the Dortmund Canal. In all, his squadron flew 7,135 sorties and lost 176 aircraft. Fraser credited his survival to pilots’ unswerving dedication to keeping the aircraft on course and not becoming a straggler. Discharged from the RCAF after the war, he graduated from St. Francis Xavier University where he met his wife, Joan Marie. He was later hired by Air Canada where he worked for thirty years before retiring inWasaga Beach, Ontario. Fraser was a member of 441 (Huronia) Wing of the RCAF Association in Barrie, Ontario and a long-time member of The Royal Canadian Legion, serving a term as President at Branch 208 in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec and was a member of Barrie Branch 147. Fraser passed away on July 7, 2016. MULLOY, Edwin Harold Edwin Harold Mulloy was born on June 6, 1887, in Grimsby, Ontario to Charles Wesley Mulloy and Gertrude (Gitty) Claflin. He traveled to Valcartier, Quebec, and enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) as a Private with the 3rd Infantry Battalion, C.E.F., on September 22, 1914. He was promoted to PaymasterSergeant very shortly after his enlistment. On April 22, 1915, the 3rd Battalion was ordered to march fromVlamertinge to Brielen, just 2.5 km away. Once there, they dug into camp for the night, half the unit close to the road, the other half in the field nearby. At 1:15am on April 23, 1915, an enemy shell exploded in the camp on the road, killing five men outright and wounding three more. Sgt. Edwin Harold Mulloy was among the men killed. He was 27 years old. Edwin is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, a monument for soldiers whose graves are not known, in Ypres, Belgium. MUNDELL, James Gary “Jim” James “Jim” Gary Mundell, the son of World War I Veteran David L. Mundell and Christena Peavoy, was born in Erin, Ontario on October 20, 1932. Jim was educated in the Erin Public and Continuation Schools. On July 17, 1952, he and a number of local boys joined the Lorne Scots P.D. & H. Reserve Army. As a member of Headquarters Coy, he trained at the Brampton Armouries on Thursday nights and at a training location in Erin. Valuable practical experience was gained as most of the Officers and Instructor were veterans of World War II. Pte. Mundell qualified as an infantry signaler and participated in outdoor exercises with regular forces instructors at Niagara, Borden, Meaford and the Long Branch Rifle Ranges. Of significant importance were Exercise Old Fox and Exercise Search providing communications in the aftermath of Hurricane Hazel in 1954. Ceremonial activities at cenotaphs change of command, the Toronto Garrison Parade and the welcome of Princess Margaret to Canada in 1958. He was released in 1961. In civilian life Jim was employed in his father’s lumber business and was the Reeve of Erin Village in the 1970’s. James Mundell is a Past President and a 70-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Erin Branch 442. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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