283 www.on.legion.ca NEUMANN (PAQUETTE), Wendy Lee Wendy was born on August 6, 1956, in Pembroke, Ontario and enrolled in the Air Force (Regular Force) in 1976. Following P.O.E.T. training in Kingston, Ontario, she trained as an Instrument-Electrical Technician in Camp Borden, Ontario, one of the first females to qualify in this trade. She was subsequently posted to 414 Electronics Warfare Squadron in North Bay, Ontario. She took her release in 1981 and resides in Belleville, Ontario. NICHOLLS, William Harry William was born in Toronto, Ontario on January 16, 1923, to Ruth McGar along with three siblings: Nora, Bob, and Audrey. He completed his grade 8 schooling and two-and-a-half years at Central Tech “Auto Mechanic”. Not to be left out, William enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) for World War II on April 11, 1940 and received many months of basic training. He was sent overseas to England, received more training and attached to the 4th Canadian Armoured Division (head quarters) as a Dispatch Rider. He was attending a pub in England and met a young lady, Dorothy, whom he married before war’s end. His unit was shipped across the Chanel and involved in battles throughout France, Germany, Belgium and most of Central Europe before he was discharged on April 9, 1945. He returned to Canada with Dorothy Phyllis and they raised eight children: Carroll, Linda, Gary, John, Gail, Doug, Gord and Sherri. Besides working as a truck driver and raising a family, he used his mechanical skills to work on cars and boats, his athletic skills for skating, baseball and swimming. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Malton Branch 528 for twenty years. William passed away on January 11, 1995 and is buried in the Aurora Cemetery, Ontario. NORRIS, Stanley Gordon Stanley was born on March 28, 1919, in Aberdeen, Scotland and raised in Fort William, Ontario by parents Thomas Matthew and Ellen Marion (Brown) along with one brother, Leonard Matheson Norris. Stan was very involved with printing and graphics. He booked a ride on a cattle boat (Torrhead) to England where on landing (1938) he enlisted with the Royal Air Force (Regular Force), Squadron 242 (Douglas Bader’s Squadron) which was mainly made up of Canadians. Leading Aircraftman Stanley Norris was sent to France to man airfields. The French were retreating which forced Stan’s unit to evacuate to the Bay of Biscay where they caught a ride on one of the boats from the flotilla of vessels who were removing British Troops from the invading Germans. He was next shipped to Egypt, South Africa where he happened to meet a Nursing Sister, Doris Godley and they were married. He was discharged in 1945 and returned to Canada to his trade with Industrial Printing. His artistic hobbies were mainly water colours and his talents were well known in the Sarnia area. Stanley died on January 22, 2018, and is laid to rest in Woodland Cemetery in London. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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