339 www.on.legion.ca STARKEY, John John was born on September 27, 1894, in Walsall, Staffordshire, England to Benjamin and Katharine (Goodwin) Starkey. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the 85th Battalion onAugust 7, 1915, in Toronto. John arrived in the UK on October 5, 1915, and was assigned to the 39th Reserve Battalion for training, before embarking for France on February 2, 1916. He was taken on strength with the 21st Battalion and joined them in the field on March 12. John was seriously wounded with shrapnel wounds to both his shoulder and buttocks on June 16, 1916, near Ypres (Battle of Mount Sorrel). He died of wounds on June 20, 1916, at #17 CCS and was buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium. His service medals were sent along with a Memorial Cross, to his mother Katharine Starkey, who was living at 517 Oakwood Avenue in Toronto. STAUFFER, Gordon Henry Gordon was born on June 11, 1889, in Chesterfield, Ontario. Prior to World War I, he was employed at a bank in Baden. He was a member of the 108th (Militia) Regiment. On November 10, 1915, Gordon enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the 118th OS Battalion. After a long training period, his unit was shipped on January 23, 1917 overseas where he was transferred to the Western Ontario Regiment, 1st Battalion. He was sent into France attached to the 25th Reserve, who were active in the front lines in the Battle of Passchendaele. Gordon was killed during a heavy bombardment of artillery on November 6, 1917 and buried in the Mosselmart Cemetery in Belgium. Gordon Henry Stauffer is commemorated on Page 331 of the First World War Book of Remembrance in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. STEADMAN, Dean Oliver Dean was born in Elimville, Ontario on March 10, 1914. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in 1940 and served with the Royal Ulster Rifles British Army as a Captain in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He was discharged in 1946. Dean resided in Toronto prior to his passing on October 17, 1991. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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