199 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND FISCHER, Edgar John Edgar was born in Chepstow, ON on August 10, 1896. He was a locomotive fireman for the Grand Trunk Railway until conscription in 1917 with the 48th Scottish of Toronto. He enlisted in the Army on May 21, 1918 and served with the 2nd Depot Battalion 1st C.O.R. in England and France during World War I. Private Edgar embarked on the HMT Cassandra and arrived in England on June 21, 1918. He arrived in France to fight with the 15th Battalion on October 12, 1918. After the Armistice was signed in November 1918, his regiment marched 320 miles into Germany. Because of his railroad experience, he was picked for guard duty on the supply trains when the Belgians started plundering them. Edgar embarked on the SS Baltic in Liverpool on April 29, 1919, the same ship which had transported the regiment to England. After the war, Edgar farmed and worked in the Donnelly logging camp. He married Margaret Clancy in February 1929 and they moved to Saskatchewan to farm. FISHER, John M. John was born in Sarnia, Ontario on March 27, 1913. He was a member of the 1st Field Park Company chosen for action at Dieppe. He joined the Royal Canadian Engineers, 1st Field Park Comp. on September 5, 1939. He was part of the Demolition Party and ordered to destroy anything useful that let Dieppe serve as a port. They landed at White Beach where Fisher was wounded but continued on to destroy a pill box firing down on the landing troops in hand to hand combat with the Germans. He continued on into town to complete his mission but was forced to retreat. Of the 71 men sent in only nine returned, Fisher being one of them. For his actions at Dieppe, Fisher was presented with the Military Medal for bravery in the field by King George the VI at Buckingham Palace November 7, 1942. He was the first person from Sarnia to receive this award during WWII. Fisher was hospitalized for sixty days before returning to service and was in France for 34 days during Operation Totalize which was the operational name for the battle of Falaise Gap. He was wounded on the right thigh and knee from machine gun fire on August 10 and was sent back to England where he spent 255 days in hospital recovering. John Fisher spent 2096 days in the Army, 1536 of them overseas. He was hospitalized ten times while overseas and spent a total of 424 days in hospital. John was discharged on June 25, 1945, returned to Sarnia and raised three boys while being employed at Polymer Corporation. He was a member of the Sarnia Garrison and Sergeants Mess. He died on January 28, 1955 from a heart attack thought to be related to the shrapnel that was not totally removed from his war wounds. FISCHER, Zigmund “Ziggy” Zigmund was born in Poland. He was captured by the Russians and spent time in their prison camps. “Ziggy” was released after the German attack of 1941. He made his way by foot, road and rail to North Africa, where he joined the Polish II Corps of the British 8th Army. He served in North Africa, Italy and Monte Cassino during World War II. He was a recipient of the rare Monte Cassino Cross. Ziggy immigrated to Canada in 1956. He has been a member of Harry Brown V. C. Legion Branch 497.
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