75 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND CLARKE, Robert Earl Robert was born in Lindsay, Ontario, on April 13, 1925. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on April 1, 1942, in Lindsay. He served in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany during World War II and was discharged on March 29, 1946. He received the 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. He was a fifteen-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Sir Sam Hughes Branch 67. Robert passed away on June 14, 2002. CLEARY, Robert Ernest Robert was born on September 14, 1895, in Maple Valley, Ontario, to Robert and Margaret Cleary of Dunedin, Ontario. He received his education at the public schools of Ospery and later Nottawasaga Township and attended high school in Creemore. After leaving school, he began his career with the Creemore Toronto Bank, later was transferred to Toronto. He enlisted in the Army and in 1916 was promoted to Lieutenant on March 31, 1916, while serving with the Infantry of the #164 Battalion. Robert joined the RCAF (Regular) on July 5, 1917, and trained in Trenton and Camp Borden. He sailed from Halifax for England on October 5, 1917. He continued training in England until December 18, 1917, when he was killed in an airplane accident while taking his first flight in a fast service machine assigned to them for service in France. He is buried in Stoke-upon-Tern Cemetery in Market Drayton, England with full military honours on December 21, 1917. CLARKSON, Thomas Everett “Tom” Tom was born in Toronto, Ontario on September 16, 1917. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps on April 7, 1942. At the time of enlistment, he was a druggist’s assistant. Tom was married onAugust 15, 1942, to Gladys (Hopkins). He served in Canada, United Kingdom, and West Europe during World War II. Tom was wounded in June 1944 by shrapnel in the left foot while serving with the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa during the Victory Campaign, operations in Northwest Europe 1944-45. He was discharged on March 29, 1946. Tom’s medals included the 1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, France and Germany Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal andWar Medal 1939-1945. Tom returned home aboard the Queen Elizabeth, then on Train 417 to the Exhibition Grounds, Toronto. After the war, he became a pharmacist in Ajax, Ontario. Tom and Gladys had three children. Tom passed away on May 20, 1984.
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