31 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND ANTHONY, John Preston John, the son of Frederick Anthony and Grace Preston, was born on November 10, 1913, in East Garafraxa Twp., Dufferin County, Ontario. The family moved to Erin, Ontario where his father was the station agent. In 1941, Jack, as he was known, with his wife Margaret moved in with his parents following his father’s transfer to Kleinburg. In September 1943, Jack enlisted in the RCAF in Toronto. He was posted to Vancouver where he spent the remainder of the war. Margaret, a hairdresser, maintained the family home which Jack visited when on leave. LAC Jack Anthony was trained in military electronics which was beneficial in his post war employment as an electrician and TV repairman. Jack never talked much about what he did in the service, possibly because wartime electronics and radar was still a restricted subject. However, when we complained about the winter weather, he did like to boast about mowing the lawns in January on the west coast. John Preston Anthony passed away in 1988 and is buried in the Huxley Cemetery in Hillsburgh, Ontario. He resided in Erin, Ontario from 1918 to 1988. ARCHER, Gary Vincent Gary was born inYork Township, Toronto, Ontario on April 10, 1941. He enlisted in the Army (Reserve Force) on January 29, 1958, and served in Canada with the Carleton andYork Regiment. He was discharged on August 24, 1960. He has been a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 13 for 23 years and Branch 197 for 16 years. ARCHER, Charles Leslie Charles was born in Tay Township, Ontario on December 28, 1916, the son of John “Clinton” and Myrtle Susan (Dunford) Archer. He had a twin brother, John Tholby, who also served in the Army. Prior to enlisting, Charles married Margaret Silk of North River near Coldwater, Ontario. During World War II, he enrolled in the Canadian Army (Regular Force) in Prince George, BC on March 3, 1943. Private Archer first joined the Prince of Wales Rangers and later transferred to the Lincoln and Welland Regiment. He served in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Charles’ unit landed in France on July 25, 1944, and continued to fight in Northwest Europe until the end of the war. Promoted to the rank Corporal, Charles was wounded in action in February 1945, getting hit by bomb fragments in the arm. Deemed unable to meet military physical standards, he was discharged from the Army on September 25, 1945. Charles was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Coldwater Branch 270. He passed away on August 2, 1977, at the age of sixty. He is buried at St. John’s Anglican Cemetery, Severn Township, near Coldwater.
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