169 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND DINELLE, Joseph Laurier “Loggy” Joseph was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on November 7, 1918. Joseph, better known to his friends as “Loggy”, enlisted in the Canadian Army on July 13, 1942 and served with the Lincoln & Welland Regiment during World War II. He received his training at Camp Borden and Kingston, Ontario. Loggy was shipped overseas to Aldershot, England on July 16, 1943. He qualified as a driver/operator on May 12, 1944. He received the Canadian Service Medal and Clasp on June 2, 1944, was shipped to France on September 10, 1944 and saw action in Germany and Holland from September 1944 to June 1945; for which he received the 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star and Defence Medal on July 14, 1945. Loggy was discharged from service on July 16, 1946 and returned to settle in Echo Bay, Ontario with his wife Jean (McPhee) and eight children. Loggy passed away on March 27, 1954 in his 36th year. Loggy was a member of the Legion Branch 25. DIXON, Reginald W. Reginald was born in Toronto, Ontario on January 6, 1918. He enlisted in the Army in October 1941. He fractured his knee during war training in Canada. His knee then caused him problems for the rest of his life. He was discharged in October 1942. Reginald passed away on January 20, 1997. DIXON, Douglas C. Douglas was born in Salmonhurst, New Denmark, New Brunswick on July 6, 1924. Ordinary Seaman Dixon joined the Navy at the age of eighteen in Halifax on October 21, 1944. He served onboard the HMCS Uganda, which was refitted at Charleston, SC, where a crew of Canadian naval men, over 800 eventually sailed over 80,000 miles, playing an essential part in the Pacific War as part of the British Pacific Fleet and the Americans, fighting the Japanese. The remarkable account “The Cruiser Uganda – One War – Many conflicts” by Stephen Geneja is about their travels throughout England, Scotland, Scapa Flow, the Mediterranean, Australia, Sicily and Leyte. The ship ended up, after World War II, in Esquimalt, BC. Doug was awarded the Pacific Medal and other Canadian medals. After his discharge in September 1945, Douglas took up plumbing/welding in Fredericton. Years with Local 71 Union, of which he was president for twelve, led him to volunteer for a “Heritage Project” (in both languages) honoured at City Hall later by Mayor JimWatson, which is now in archival project in Ottawa. He was a member of Arnprior Legion Branch 174 for eighteen years. Douglas passed away on February 2, 2008 and the Arnprior Legionnaires served at his funeral.
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