41 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND BADGLEY, Richard James Richard was born in Windsor, Ontario on June 25, 1953. He signed up with the Air Force in London, Ontario at the age of nineteen, on October 4, 1972. His boot camp at CFB Cornwallis lasted eleven weeks and he was sent to CFS Lac St. Denis, Quebec for trades training (AD Tech). His next posting, after two years, was to CFSYorkton, Saskatchewan for three years. His last two years under the NORAD umbrella was at CFS Gypsumville in Manitoba. Richard remustered in 1980 and joined the army (Engineers) and became an electrician. Another posting to Camp Borden would last six years. CFB Petawawa was his next wake up call, in 1986, serving with 2 CER for two years. The following nine years, he was posted to CFB Winnipeg (1CEU) and CFB Trenton all the while working in construction. He was discharged on June 25, 1997. During his military career, Richard had opportunities to serve in several countries such as: the Golan Heights, Bermuda, Haiti, Cyprus, Moscow, and CFS Alert, Canada’s most northerly station. He received the UN Medal (Cyprus, Golan Heights, Haiti) and the Canadian Forces’ Decoration. He is a 43-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Port Stanley Branch 410. BAILEY, Stephen Martin Private Stephen Martin Bailey was born on January 12, 1897 in Kingsheath, England. He was only eighteen years old when he enrolled in the Canadian Army on March 7, 1916; he was a labourer from Galt, Ontario. Stephen sailed aboard SS Tuscania, arriving in England on October 6, 1916. He was serving with the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion on September 20, 1917 near Arras, France when, at 0400 hours, the battalion was bombarded with gas shells. Stephen, and 39 others, became gas casualties. He lingered for six days at the nearby Field Hospital until dying of gas poisoning on September 25, 1917 at the age of nineteen. He served in Canada, England, and France during World War I. Stephen was the son of John and Lizzie Bailey, of Dickens Heath, Shirley, Birmingham, England. He is buried at the Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension in France Plot II, Row D, Grave 28. His inscription reads “You Unto Death Were Faithful LaddieYours is The Victor’s Crown”. BAETZ, Bernard “Bernie” Bernie was born in Neustadt, Ontario on April 15, 1935 to Otto and Violet Baetz, along with seven siblings. At eighteen years of age, Bernie joined the military (Militia) with the Highland Fusiliers of Canada. He married Connie Counter and they had four children: Robert, Timothy, David and Lisa and fifty years of marriage. He received his discharge in 1971 with the rank of Sergeant Major. He worked in the plumbing trade with Peacock Plumbing, Sutherland Shultz and Lackie Bros for a combined 45 years. When the Kitchener Armories shut down, Bernie, along with 99 other Veterans, created the KW Khaki Club and applied for a charter. He became the President and led the club for over thirty years into a well-known social club highlighting such events as the World Horseshoe Tournament. During all those years, he was also a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Waterloo Branch 530 and supplied the labour for all the plumbing repairs. Bernie passed away on February 25, 2008 at the age of 73 and has been buried at the Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery in Philipsburg, Ontario. His name has been inscribed on plaque #7 of the Waterloo Legion Veterans Memorial Wall.
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