39 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND ANDREWS, Albert Albert was born in England on January 19, 1882. He enlisted in the Army on June 19, 1916 and served in England and France during World War I. He was discharged on February 27, 1919. Albert passed away on January 13, 1959. ARCHER, Leonard “Len” Leonard was born in Arran Township on April 5, 1912. He was raised on a farm in the small community of Tara, ON. After enlisting in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941, he was first sent for training to Galt, ON then to an Air Force base near North Allerton, North Yorkshire, England.e se Here he spent the duration of World War II as an airplane mechanic working mostly on the engines of our bombers. He served with the 408 Squadron, 427 Squadron (6 Bomber Group) in England and Canada. He was discharged in 1945. When the war was over, he remained in England working at a toy factory producing wooden toys. In 1947, Leonard returned to Canada with a new bride, Doris and her two daughters Marjorie and Jean and his mother-in-law Edith Parker. They lived in the rural area of Tara once again where Len farmed his family’s land. He then moved to Port Elgin in 1949 where he raised two more daughters and worked at the Hepworth furniture factory in Southampton. Later moving to Milton, ON where years later he retired at the age of 65. After the death of his wife, Doris, in 1980, he finally returned to his hometown, Tara. Years later, in his 70’s he was re-acquainted with a childhood friend and married his second wife Bernice. Len lived out his happy life until he passed away peacefully in his 90th year. APPLEWHITE, Andrew Fredrick “Bill” Bill was born in Waterford on September 11, 1924. He enlisted in the Air Force and served in England during World War II. During the war he was a tail-gunner in a Wellington bomber plane, on observation patrol along the coast of Scotland. He narrowly escaped death when his plane crash-landed on a beach after being shot down by Germans. He was the only survivor among a crew of four. After the war, he taught school in Oakland, ON before accepting a position in the North West Territories with the federal government. He was a teacher for the aboriginals in the area and acted as government administrator recording births and deaths in the community of Fort Smith. He and his wife spent 28 years teaching before retiring to British Columbia. He came to Simcoe, ON in the 80’s and took up gardening and tended the flower beds in Waterford and in the Area. He served on the executive for the Waterford and District Horticulture Society. He was a member of Legion Branch 123. Bill passed away on June 10, 2008.
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