167 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND JARVIS, Leslie Roy Leslie was born in Hamilton, Ontario on October 18, 1943. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on June 12, 1960, and served in Montreal, Toronto, and Germany with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. He was medically discharged on July 12, 1965. Leslie received the SSM Germany, Queen’s Jubilee Medal, Canadian Corps Commissionaires and Long Service Medal. He resides in Port Colborne and is a fifty-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 56. JOHNSON, Robert Anson Robert, the son of Jacob and Mary Ann Johnson, was born in Milton, Ontario on December 20, 1901. Robert Johnson of Acton Ontario, at age 38, enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the Royal CanadianArmy Service Corps on September 9, 1939, in Hamilton, Ontario. The first Canadian Division landed in the UK on December 17, 1939. By the 24th, The Acton Free Press was receiving letters from the local boys including Robert Johnson that they had arrived safely. Robert was with the Royal Canadian Service Corps and his duties placed him in the dangerous proximity of the front lines. According to his discharge certificate, he received gunshot wounds to both feet, left and right arms, face, and head. In one incident, he was injured when he was strafed by aircraft fire while running across a field. In another he was shot in the head but survived. Robert spent many weeks in military hospitals. He was discharged on May 11, 1945, as stated; by reason of unable to meet military physical standards. Robert passed away at age 58 on September 27, 1960, and is buried in the Acton Fairview Cemetery. JOHNSON, George Anson George, the son of Robert Johnson and Elsie Lappin, was born on May 2, 1926, in Acton Ontario. George was a member of the Lorne Scots and at age nineteen enlisted with the active army on September 3, 1943. Following basic training, he trained to be a mechanic and was assigned to the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers which officially became a Corps in May 1944. George’s service was all in Canada where he worked on Sherman tanks and other military vehicles. Stationed in Saint John New Brunswick he was injured when an artillery shell exploded resulting in burns about his ankles and damaged his eardrums. Craftsman George Johnson received his discharge onApril 24, 1946, and in civilian life worked as a mechanic. First in a partnership and later alone he had his own auto-repair business named Brisbane Motors. George was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 442 in Erin and later Branch 32 in Meaford, Ontario. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and among his Legion Medals the 50Year Service Medal with the 60-Year Bar. George passed away in Owen Sound on February 16, 2005.
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