53 www.on.legion.ca BENNETT, Joseph Enzely Joseph was born on November 6, 1895 in Petrolia, Ontario, to Thomas and Jeanetta (Parker) Bennett. His parents had passed away when he enrolled in the Army (Regular Force) with the 119th Overseas Battalion on December 30, 1915 in Marksville, a small village on St. Joseph Island, east of Sault Ste. Marie. Joseph had served three years in the 27th Light Horse prior to enrolling in the 119th. He sailed for England on August 8, 1916 and in England he was transferred to the 52nd Battalion and then the 2nd Tramway Company in France, where he was gassed in April 1918. Joseph was discharged on March 22, 1919 and awarded the Military Medal. After he returned home, he married Ethel Johnstone in 1920. Joseph passed away on March 14, 1938, in Cochrane, Ontario. BENNETT, Thomas Roy Thomas was born December 18, 1890, in Enniskillen, Ontario, to Thomas and Jeanette (Parker) Bennett. He was a sailor out of Marksville on St. Joseph Island when he enrolled in the Army (Regular Force) with the 119th Overseas Battalion on January 19, 1916. Thomas arrived in England on August 19, 1916, and was later transferred to the 73rd Canadian Battalion on November 19, 1916. At the battle of Vimy Ridge, he received severe gunshot wounds to the head that caused disabling skull fractures. He was transferred back to Canada and discharged on June 22, 1919, as “Unfit for Duty”. On April 5, 1920, he married Gladys Daynard and raised a family in Sault Ste. Marie. Thomas passed away on January 6, 1959, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Sault Ste. Marie. BENOIT, Raymond Joseph Adrien Raymond was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario on May 15, 1953. He enlisted in the Navy (Regular Force) on October 18, 1977. He was stationed at École des Recrues des FC in StJean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec in November 1977; Canadian Forces Fleet School H in Halifax, NS in January 1978; HMCSAssiniboine in Halifax inApril 1978; NCSM Skeena in Halifax in December 1978; Canadian Forces Fleet School H in Halifax in September 1981; HMCS Algonquin in Esquimalt in April 1982; HMCS Saguenay in Halifax from January to April 1988; HMCS Saguenay in Halifax fromApril to August 1989; HMCS Gatineau in Halifax from January to March 1990; Canadian Forces Fleet School H in Halifax in July 1990; CF FS Esquimalt in Esquimalt in January 1994; HMCS Algonquin in Esquimalt in December 1996; HMCS Huron in Esquimalt from January to June 1997; HMCS Huron in Esquimalt in September 1997; HMCS Algonquin in Esquimalt in January 1988; CFB Esquimalt in Esquimalt in July 1998; HMCS Algonquin in Esquimalt in August 2001; TF SWA-DDH1 in Bahrain in April 2002; HMCS Huron in Esquimalt in September 2003, and CFB Esquimalt in Esquimalt in June 2006. He was released on May 15, 2008. Raymond is a 27year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 172. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTM0NTk1OA==