111 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND CHASSIE, Edward George Edward was born on January 13, 1921, oldest of twelve children living on Allumette Island, Quebec. In 1941, he enlisted as a Sapper with the 16th Field Coy, RCEME. He landed at Juno Beach with the 3rd Division at 7 am on D-Day, attached to the Queen’s Own Rifles. It was fairly quiet in their sector and as soon as he got off the beach he dumped the 31 pounds of dynamite he was carrying. Edward was wounded by shrapnel on second last week of the war near Emden on the Holland-German border. Hospitalized in Belgium, he transferred to England, returning to Canada on hospital ship. Edward was discharged on November 17, 1945. He took a carpentry course and had a lifetime career as builder/renovator of many homes in the Richmond Hill area, and he was a driving force behind the construction of a new arena. He married Mildred Hurry in 1948 and they raised two children in a house he built. He still lives in that house. CHIPPIOR, Florian Frank Florian was born on April 30, 1921 in Wilno, Ontario. He served in the Highland Light Infantry of Canada RCIC in World War II. He gave his life in the Service of his Country in the Western European Theatre of War. He was killed in action against the enemy in Boulogne, France on September 17, 1944 at the age of 23. He is buried in Calais Canadian War Cemetery (Leubringhen) France. Florian was awarded the following medals: the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, and the War Medal 1939-1945, and his mother received the Silver Cross. CHASSIE, Edward Edward was born onApril 1, 1890 in Chichester, Allumette Island, Chapeau, Quebec. He enlisted in Massey, Ontario on March 17, 1916 with the 119th Battalion. He had listed his trade as a Sawyer, height - 5’ 8”; blue eyes; brown hair. He arrived in England on August 19, 1916, and posted overseas with 52nd Battalion on November 29, 1916. He was admitted to hospitals in Camiens on April 2, 1917, in Etaples on July 29, 1917 with Tonsillitis, and on August 6, 1917 with Myalgia. He returned to 52nd Battalion on April 26, 1918. He was wounded in the right thigh at Cambrai on October 1, 1918. The 52nd suffered many casualties that day including all but one of their officers and over 100 other ranks. He embarked from Liverpool for Canada on February 1, 1919 and was discharged on February 28, 1919. He worked as a barber and then carpenter post-war. He re-enlisted in World War II with the Veteran’s Guard guarding Prisoners of War, including escorting a group back to the UK after the war. Edward passed away on March 6, 1985.
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