91 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND CARSON, Matthew Matthew was born in Montreal, Quebec on March 8, 1939. On March 28, 1955 he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He crewed on Lancaster photo mapping the Arctic and served with 419 Squadron, CF 100 and 422 Squadron, F-86 during the Cold War in Germany. He crewed with 412 Squadron – VIP Transport and flew many times with Prime Minister Trudeau and Government. He was discharged on July 26, 1969. In 1972, he then enlisted as a Reservist. He received a Special Service Medal and was discharged in 1975. Matthew has been in Dublin, Paris for the last ten years as crew with Pratt &Whitney in experimental flight tests and in various management positions. He is also a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 47 and Branch 240. CAULEY, Frank Joseph Frank was born in Ottawa, Ontario on July 31, 1921. He was a Navigator with the Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron 106 on Lancaster Bombers duringWorldWar II. During a training flight over the Bay of Biscay, their Whitley Bomber lost an engine and crashed into the sea. He managed to get into the Dinghy and was the only survivor. He was picked up by a ship and returned to England. His second tour was on Costal Command Squadron 422 out of Ireland. In March 1944, first trip out, they sank a U-Boat 625 in the North Sea. In civilian life, he was the owner of an Institutional Food Wholesale Company. He has spent half his life in Community Affairs in Ottawa. There is a street named after him in Orleans. He is a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 480 Westboro. CASWELL, William Theodore William was born in Coldwater, Ontario on February 1, 1884, the first son of Lorenzo and Annie (Murray) Caswell. On July 30, 1915, he enlisted in the Army duringWorldWar I in Vernon, BC with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was 31 years old and single. Private William Caswell sailed to England to arrive on October 11, 1915. After training in England for several months, he landed in France on March 9, 1916, assigned to the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He was wounded twice at Vimy inApril 1917, and was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during that operation. Private Caswell was killed by machine-gun fire near St. Olle on September 30, 1918, during the “100 Days” final offensive. He is buried at Drummond Cemetery, Nord, near Cambrai, France.
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