151 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND FILDEY, George A. George was born in Cookstown, Ontario on September 9, 1925. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944 and served on the Victoriaville on the high seas until his discharge in 1946. He was a Service Officer for fifteen years ending when his health made it impossible for him to continue. He was euchre co-ordinator for Legion Branch 426, competing locally at many other Legions. George also donated his time for many years in the local schools for Remembrance Day. He was a member of Newmarket Legion Branch 426 for sixty years until he passed away on January 13, 2012. FINDLEY, David Morrow David was born in Kitchener, Ontario on January 30, 1925, to William and Fanny (Smith) Findley along with three sisters and two brothers. In November 1942, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force Regular Force. He attended Basic Gunnery School in Quebec City and on the final day was washed out of Air Crew due to poor night vision. He returned to the army as he had served in the Reserve Regiment with the Scots Fusiliers prior to his Air Force enlistment. In October 1944, he went overseas and was posted to the Royal Regiment of Canada serving as an Infantry Soldier in Belgium, Holland and Germany. He was discharged in March 1946. After attending Rehab School, he joined MacDonald Electric and was credit manager until his retirement in 1990. He married Jean Campbell and they raised two girls. He enjoyed golf, Freemasonry and Mocha Shriners. He is a longtime member of The Royal Canadian Legion Waterloo Branch 530. As of this writing (2022), David, aged 97, and wife reside in a retirement home in Kitchener. In 2003, David wrote and had published a 180-page book titled “From 15 to 50 in Five Short Years”, a wartime memoir. FINDLAY, Norman John Norman was born in Ottawa, Ontario on October 13, 1919. He enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and served as a Leading Stoker on corvettes in the North Atlantic in the RCNVR and later in the RCEMC. Upon release in 1946, he was a civilian employee with National Defence Ottawa. Norman passed away on April 21, 1968 of lung cancer.
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