175 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND DORAN, Frank Beecher Lieutenant Frank Beecher Doran was born June 14, 1895. Frank grew up in Iroquois, Stormont, Ontario, and married his sweetheart, Mary (Minnie) Francis Caldwell, on May 8, 1916. He joined the Army in late September 1914, got his basic training in Ottawa and served with the 146th and 20th Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France, and fought in the trenches. To get away from the mud and slaughter, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in early 1917, as an observer/gunner, flying with the 9th Squadron. He got his brief flight training at Weybridge in England in early 1917 and returned to the front. Once back on duty flying demands were heavy, and losses high. His aircraft, an RE8 reconnaissance aircraft piloted by 2nd/Lt. F.W. Curtis was shot down on the 13th or 14th of August 1917, during the third battle of Ypres. Both men were killed in action. Frank was killed in action on August 13, 1917. DOWLING, Reuben A. Reuben was born in Neil’s Harbour, Victoria, Nova Scotia on March 23, 1923. He enlisted in the Army on October 3, 1941 and served with No. Six District Depot C.A. as a gunner in Continental Europe, United Kingdom, and the Central Mediterranean Area during World War II. Reuben was discharged on January 10, 1946. He was awarded the 1939-45 Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. He married Gretta Louise McEwenon on December 22, 1949 in Galt, Ontario. He was a member of Galt Legion Branch 121. He worked until his death as a foreman at The Royal Metal Furniture Co.. Reuben passed away on September 17, 1974. DORION, Edward John “Ted” Edward was born in St Catharines on September 8, 1935. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals on January 8, 1954, but spent his Signalman years stunt riding as member of the Army’s Motorcycle Stunt Rider Team. 1956 brought Ted change: he married Patricia Bennett (four children would follow), remustered into the Teletype and Cypher trade. Domestic TT & C postings came in rapid succession: Borden, Gagetown, Ottawa, Valcartier and Kingston. A 1961 posting to Tacoma, Washington made Ted a front-row witness to major world events: JFK’s election, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Beaumarc Missile Crisis, JFK’s assassination. His subsequent jobs – all in communications – took him around the world: Alert (Canada’s most northern military unit), Ottawa (the FLQ crisis), Jamaica, Frobisher Bay, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, England, Germany, and Israel. On February 17, 1979, Ted traded his uniform for a public service position in communications. As a Legion Service Officer, Ted has built a stellar reputation for getting pensions for deserving veterans. He has been a member of Seeley’s Bay Legion Branch 491 for 16 years.
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