123 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND DIXON, James Alex James was born in Scotland, Ontario on January 28, 1946. He enlisted in the Navy on July 11, 1963 with the HMCS Bonaventure. He served on the High Seas and the North Atlantic. He was discharged on July 10, 1966. James has been a member of the Legion Branch 275 Fergus for 51 years. DORAN, Desmond Wesley Desmond was born on April 10, 1920 in Brownsburg, Quebec. He enlisted in July 1941 and served with the RCAF. He trained in St. Thomas, Ontario as an Engine Mechanic. At 23, he was a Leading Air Craftsman on a Bomber Flying Boar with 117 Squadron seeking out submarines and escorting troops across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1944, Desmond went overseas and was stationed with the 442 Squadron of Spitfire Fighters, as an aero-engine mechanic. As the Spitfires followed behind the army’s front lines, and advanced from France to Germany, Desmond and his crew would advance with them. After D-Day he returned to England to convert to a new aircraft deployment for the Middle East but the war ended. Desmond was discharged in November 1945. He received the North Atlantic Star, the France and Germany Star, the War Medal 1939-1945, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp and the French Legion of Honour. He has been a member of Legion Branch 77 Lakefield for fifteen years. DOOLEY, Alfred William John Alfred was born on October 26, 1898 in Liverpool, England. He enlisted in the Army on August 6, 1915 with the Canadian Expeditionary Force 26th Battalion and served with the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force 259th Battalion. Alfred served in England, France and Siberia during World War I. He had a leg shrapnel wound and trench fever from the Battle of Somme. In Bully Grenay, France, he was tried by a Field General Court Marital for Manslaughter after accidentally knocking a comrade’s gun from its hanger. The gun went off, killing a fellow soldier sleeping upstairs. Alfred was sentenced for a lesser crime, receiving nine months in prison with hard labour. After four months, he was pardoned and sent back to fight. At the Battle of Vimy Ridge, a shell landed near him, burying him unconscious for two days. When found, he was diagnosed with hysteria and epilepsy, now known as shell shock. The next year he spent in various hospitals. Recouping somewhat, he then enlisted with the CSEF, doing policing duties in Siberia until war end. He was discharged on May 1, 1919. Alfred continued to suffer mentally after the war and never returned home to his family.
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