181 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND KIRKWOOD, William Douglas William, the son of Donald and Kathleen Kirkwood, was born on June 28, 1937, in Erin, Ontario. Doug enlisted in the Army (Reserve Force) with the Lorne Scots Regiment on June 25, 1953, in Brampton, Ontario. Assigned to Headquarters Company he qualified as an infantry signaler. Training was also carried out with regular force instructors who were mainly WWII Veterans at Camp Niagara, Borden, Meaford and the Long Branch Rifle Ranges. Doug’s first disaster service was as a signaller during Operation Search following Hurricane Hazel in 1954. Some exercises were manning field telephones for Exercise Old Fox, flying with the Civil Air Patrol setting up an air to ground radio net and communications at Gravenhurst to a Gull Lake Island for the building of a children’s camp. In 1955 Doug was promoted to Corporal. The Lorne Scots welcomed Princess Margaret to Toronto in 1958 and he did ceremonial guard duty at old Fort George at Niagara during a thunderstorm. He was discharged in 1961. Doug participated in the honour guard at the unveiling of the Cenotaph in Erin in 1956 and has been a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Erin Branch 442 for 67 years. KLAGER, Kenneth Brock Kenneth was born in Welland, Ontario on May 2, 1922. He enlisted in the Air Force (Regular) in 1941 and served on East Coast Command, with posting in Greenland and Iceland during World War II. Flight Sergeant Ken Klager was further posted to Wick, Scotland where his unit were to support the invasion of Normandy intercepting u-boats. This was the Royal Canadian Air Force’s most successful anti-submarine squadron during World War II. After release from the service in 1945,Kenneth returned to his farm in Fonthill and operated Veterans Produce in Vineland. Later he and his wife lived in Florida. Kenneth passed away on April 3, 1980. KITCHEN, John John was born in Porthleven, England on December 1, 1894. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in 1917 and served with the 4th Canadian Field Ambulance CAMC in France and in Belgium during World War I. On return to Canada, he went to China to manage the Mission Press. He was in China for 31 years. When he left Communist China, he was arrested for being a spy and after a couple of months, was escorted out of China. He was a Padre for The Royal Canadian Legion in Bowmanville and later Niagara Falls. The Stamford Branch, nowAC McCallum Branch 479 presented him with the Legion Medal of Merit. John passed away on October 4, 1978.
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