103 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND CANNON, Ernest Albert “Ernie” Ernest was born on May 26, 1923 in Toronto, Ontario. He worked as a machinist in Toronto before applying to join the RCAF. He showed interest in flying and his July 1942 interview proved positive. Ernest was sworn in on August 4, 1942 in Toronto. Following basic training, Ernie was posted to RCAF No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School at Fingal, Ontario and No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School at Mont-Joli, Quebec where he qualified as an Air Gunner. He was promoted to Leading Aircraftman in March 1943 and Sergeant in April of the same year. On May 4, 1943 he embarked from New York. Arriving in the UK March 11, he was transferred to the RAF, No. 14 Operational Training Unit at Cottesmore. On August 19 he was assigned to the RAF No. 106 Bomber Squadron at Syerston, Nottinghamshire, England. The evening of September 3, the target was Berlin. Ernie’s Lancaster ED385 took to the air at 1930 hours. In the early hours of September 4 enemy fire brought the aircraft down in a wooded area about thirty kilometers from Hanover. Sergeant Ernest Albert Cannon is buried in the Hanover War Cemetery. CARNEY, Cecil John Wilfred Cecil was born in East Garafraxa Township in 1920. In January 1941 he was called up for training at the Air Force manning pool in Toronto, with further training at Aylmer, Ontario. Cecil was posted to New Brunswick and to what was to become No. 124 (Ferry) Squadron. Prior to joining in the war the United States was prohibited from participating by the Neutrality Acts. Through The Lend-Lease Act Roosevelt was able to aid by having airplanes placed along the Canadian border in western Canada and New Brunswick, which were hooked to cables and towed across the border. Cecil was part of this operation with airplanes towed from the Houlton, Maine airbase to the highway near Woodstock, NB which was used as a runway. Following Pearl Harbour, Sergeant Cecil Carney was posted to the Houlton airbase as an aeromechanic. Following his marriage in 1943, Leona and Cecil lived in Maine for the remainder of the war. After the war Cecil was in partnership with his brother Winston; Carney Bros. Ltd. Garage. He was a Charter and Life Member of The Royal Canadian Erin Legion Branch 442 and village councillor. Cecil passed away in 1978 Cecil and was buried in the Erin Union Cemetery. CARNEGIE, Robert James Robert was born in Port Perry, Ontario on October 16, 1915. He enlisted in the Army on October 5, 1943. After basic training Robert was posted to the Dental Corps and served in Toronto and Newmarket. Before discharge he contracted polio and was hospitalized for almost a year at Christie Street Veterans Hospital in Toronto. He was discharged on April 18, 1946. After recovery he entered the hardware business in Port Perry with his father David. Later, with brothers Harry, Gordon and Donald (all Veterans), Carnegie Hardware became Crest Hardware then eventually Home Hardware. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch Port Perry 419 for 33 years. Robert passed away on November 1, 1979.
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