285 www.on.legion.ca NOYLE, Robert Allen Robert was born in Mooretown, Ontario on January 14, 1936. He enlisted in the Air Force (Regular Force) in January 1955 and served in Canada and in Germany. He was released in October 1975. Robert resides in Chatham/Kent and is a 25year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Wallaceburg Branch 18. O’DONNELL, William Harold William was born in Batchawana, Ontario on the shores of Lake Superior on May 26, 1913. His family moved to Sault Ste. Marie during the depression and he graduated from Technical School at the age of seventeen with a specialty in Mechanical Drafting. He went to work as a labourer in the Paper Mill and then in the Algoma Steel Plant as a recorder. He married Vivian Primeau in September 1940. William became a member of the Canadian Army Active Service on February 3, 1943. He embarked for Europe on June 17, 1943 and arrived in the United Kingdom on June 24, 1943. He served for 38 months – in Canada for five months and overseas for 33 months serving in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and northwest Europe. He earned the 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-1945 and Clasp. His later years of service was in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps as a sanitary inspector with the Hygiene Section. He was discharged on March 23, 1946 with the rank of Staff Sergeant. His training as a sanitary inspector in the Army led him to a 27-year career as a Public Health Inspector with the City of Sault Ste. Marie and the Algoma Health Unit. He raised seven children with his wife of 29 years and three of the five sons also became Public Health Inspectors. In addition to his public service as health inspector, he also gave of his limited volunteer time with the Knights of Columbus, the local Royal Canadian Legion and the Elks Lodge. He loved playing sports such as bowling, baseball, and billiards and he was a longtime fan of the Boston Bruins and the Detroit Tigers. He passed away on November 13, 1981. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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