101 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND DURRANT, Arthur James “Jim” Jim was born on February 1, 1892, in Norwich, England. He came to Canada on May 6, 1911, settling in Ripley, Ontario. He married Florence on November 2, 1915. He enlisted in Army (Regular Force) with the 110th Battalion (The Perth Boys) on November 1, 1915, and served in France for 23 months in the 8th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops. He was discharged on March 27, 1919, and returned to Canada eventually settling in Windsor, Ontario where he worked for Ford Motor Company. He had one daughter. Jim passed away on October 20, 1958. EATON, Harold F. Harold was born in 1908. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on November 6, 1940, and served in Canada, England and N.W.C. as a Captain with the HLI of Canada. He was discharged on August 3, 1946. Harold received the 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence of Britain and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. He was a fifteen-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Milton Wesley Branch 426. He was president of the branch in 1952 and sat as an executive member for eleven years. Harold passed away on November 10, 1961. He was a resident of Newmarket, Ontario. DYER, Stephen Douglas “Steve” Steve was born on July 11, 1950, in Hamilton, Ontario. He joined the Canadian Intelligence Corps, Primary Reserve in June 1968. He qualified as an Intelligence Operator. While his friends were at Woodstock in 1969, Steve was in Petawawa for Junior NCO school. In 1971, he was posted to 3rd Mechanized Commando Battalion in Baden Solingen, West Germany. Steve’s fondest memory of his four years in the military was guarding the Denison Armories during the October FLQ Crisis in 1970 under the war measures act introduced by Pierre Trudeau. They were only armed with telephones positioned around the building with instructions that “if attacked” to dial the operator, relay a code word and when acknowledged they were told to “hang up and hide”. His funniest memory was during a long road move under radio silence in the middle of Germany. The crew commanders were having trouble staying awake. Suddenly the radio came on. “I’m proud to be an Oki from Muskogee” played to the delight of everyone. Steve left the military in 1972 with the substantive rank of Lance Sargent. He is a ten-year Royal Canadian Legion member and at the time of submission is President of The Col Alex Thomson Branch 82, Port Credit.
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