33 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND ALLISON, Harold C. “Hal” Hal was born in Brighton, Ontario on February 20, 1941. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Corp of Signals on March 4, 1958. He did his basic training and trades training as a teletype cryptographer in Kingston. He was with the first contingent sent to Elizabeth Ville in the province of Katanga and known as the Belgium Congo. He did an extended tour in 1960 to 1961. His posting in Canada were Toronto, Edmonton, Wainwright and the “Diefen Bunker” in Carp, Ontario during the Cold War era. Hal was awarded the United Nations Congo Medal and the Canadian Peacekeeping Medal. He was honourably released in 1964 with the rank of Corporal. His civilian life consisted of transit driving with the Toronto Transit and Oshawa Public Utilities, five years as a singer/guitarist with a Canadian tour band and 24 years with Ministry of Transportation. Hal is currently retired and continues to perform music. He resides in Cobourg with his wife and enjoys visits from their six children, many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is a thirteen-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 133 in Cobourg and in the Colour Party. ANDERSON (McKAY), Jane Laing “Jean” Jean was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 21, 1922. As a young woman she served in the Royal Corps of Signals as a teletype operator in Northern Scotland. She had to transfer any intelligence she heard to the War Office in London, England. She met Richard Anderson from the Black Watch Regiment at a dance and they were married in 1942. When she became pregnant with her first child in 1943, the army discharged her. She had served a total of three years. Post war in 1953, Jean and Dick immigrated to Canada with four children in tow. They settled in Hamilton, Ontario. Dick predeceased her in 1992. In 2018 Jean relocated to McVeen Lodge in Hanover to be closer to family. AMENT, Arthur “Archie” Arthur was born on February 12, 1896 and grew up with five siblings in Linwood, Ontario. During his teenage years, Archie was athletic and enjoyed football and speed-skating and just before war broke out, he had hopes of joining the famous Ice Show in Toronto. Archie worked in Krug’s retail store in Tavistock selling carpeting and draperies. On February 23, 1916, he enlisted in the Army with the 168th Oxford Battalion. He was promoted to his final rank of Lance Corporal on September 28, 1917. On March 4, 1918, following orders to hold their position in a trench, a large shell exploded, severely wounding Archie. His right leg was later amputated in an English hospital. In September 1918, he embarked for home on a hospital ship. After the war, Archie returned to Linwood and became the Postmaster until his retirement in 1959. Archie married Hilda (Rosger) in 1928. They had two children Glenn and Myrna. Archie has been a long-time Royal Canadian Legion member, with over thirty years of service at a number of local branches, finally settling in Waterloo Branch 530. Archie died on December 1, 1986 at 91 years of age and is buried in the Linwood Union Cemetery.
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