91 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND BROWN, Wilfred J. “Joe” Joe was born on June 25, 1942, in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He served in the Reserve Army from October 1958 to December 1959. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in December 1959 and served with the Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment of Canada. He served in Canada, Germany and Cyprus and was honourably discharged in January 1969. Joe was awarded the UNFICYP – Cyprus, the Canadian Peacekeeping Medal, and the NATO Special Service Medal with Bar. He is currently a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Bramalea Branch 609. BRUSH, Lloyd Garnet Lloyd was born on September 17, 1906 in Essex County, Ontario, Colchester North Township. He enlisted in the Army in 1940 with the Essex Scottish Regiment. Lloyd was sent to England in January 1941. He was part of the Dieppe Raid in August 1942 and was captured and sent to Stalag 8B/344 Lamsdorf. He was transferred from Lamsdorf to Stalag 2D Stargard in the winter of 1944. In January 1945, Stalag 2D Stargard was evacuated because of the oncoming Russian Army. Private Brush was part of the “Death March” that occurred across Northern Europe from January 1945 to April 1945. He was able to escape the Death March in April 1945 and was picked up by a Column of American Tanks. He was discharged in May 1945. Lloyd spent the remainder of his life in Essex County as a farmer and in construction. Lloyd was married to his wife Dorothy (Lockyer) for 52 years from 1941 through to his death on September 28, 1993. They had four children. BRUSH, Frederick Roland Frederick was born in Coldwater, Ontario, on July 7, 1898, the son of Roland and Florence Brush. On May 16, 1916, he enlisted in the Army in Barrie, Ontario, with the 157th Overseas Battalion (Simcoe Foresters), Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). He was eighteen years old and single. He listed his previous occupation as student and had no previous military experience. Private Brush sailed on the SS Cameronia to arrive in England on October 28, 1916. After getting some training in England, he landed in France on February 13, 1917, assigned to the 116th Canadian Infantry Battalion, part of the 3rd Canadian Division. He suffered a gunshot wound to the leg onAugust 10, 1918. With the war over, he was repatriated to Canada and discharged on May 17, 1919. His brother, Frank Andrew, was killed in action on October 1, 1915.
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