155 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND DIEFENBACHER, Ira Private Ira Diefenbacher was born in Hawkesville, Ontario near Elmira on November 26, 1882. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on September 18, 1915; he was a bookkeeper. Ira arrived in England aboard the SS Scandinavian on February 6, 1916 and was appointed the Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant before reverting to private soldier when sent to France with the 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion. He was carrying a message when he was killed by a sniper on August 30, 1918 at the age of 36. Ira was the son of Mr. C. C. and Elizabeth Diefenbacher of Petersburg, Ontario. He is one of the 226 burials in Upton Wood Cemetery, Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt Row D, Grave 9. DINSDALE, Arthur Arthur was born on November 10, 1900 in Ingersoll, Ontario. He was adopted by James and Sadie Dinsdale in McGillivray Township. Arthur enlisted on January 3, 1916 joining the 13th Battalion and sailed on the SS Olympic in August 1916. While in England, he transferred to the 125th Battalion. He served in France from March 1918 to September 1918 with the 38th Battalion. Arthur was badly injured by a shrapnel wound at Cambra. He was in hospital in England and had his right arm amputated and bone grafting to the jaw. Arthur was discharged on February 3, 1920 arrived back in Canada on the HMHS Araguaya, spending many months at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec. He married Elizabeth McKeone. Arthur passed away in 1981 and is buried at the Woodland Cemetery in London, Ontario. DINNING, Donald Greig Donald was born on August 10, 1915, in Streetsville, Ontario. He enlisted in Welland in 1939 and served overseas for the duration of World War II. Serving in the Canadian Army, he joined the Canadian Provost Corps taking part in the liberation of France, Holland, Belgium, and Germany. While on a particular assignment at a Prisoner of War camp he saw a fifteen-year-old boy, who was incarcerated as a POW. He was flabbergasted that somebody so young was fighting a war and realized the Germans were doing anything to keep going. He did make a point to be kind to that young man when he was on duty, probably because he was so young. On his return to London, Ontario he had a duffel bag of goodies for his two children at the time, including little Dutch shoes. Donald was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defense Medal, War Medal 19391945, and the France and Germany Star. After the war, he worked as a salesman in the dairy industry in the Niagara Falls area. Donald passed away on June 4, 1983 and was laid to rest in the Elmdale Cemetery in St. Thomas, Ontario.
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