Military Service Recognition Book

27 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND AGUINAGA, Ehman Bertram Ehman was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia on June 28, 1934. He enlisted in the Air Force (Regular Force) on February 9, 1954 and served with 428 Squadron in Ottawa, Ontario; 404 Argus Patrol Squadron in Greenwood, Nova Scotia; 421 and 430 (F) Squadrons 2 (F) Wing in Grostenquin, France; Salvage Repair Unit 2CA Wing in Grostenquin and NDHQ Ottawa. He served during the Cold War in Canada and in Grostenquin from 1959 to 1963. After retiring from military service on April 23, 1985, Ehman remained with DND as a civilian failure analyst with the Quality Engineering Test Establishment for an additional eleven years until his retirement in 1996. Ehman is a fourteen-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Kanata Branch 638 in Kanata, Ontario where he has been a resident since June 1975. AITKEN, Ernest J. Ernest was born on March 26, 1921, in Markdale, Ontario. He joined the Army on May 27, 1942 and served as Lance Bombardier and TOS Gunner with the Royal Canadian Artillery in the United Kingdom and in Continental Europe. Discharged on January 19, 1946, Ernest received the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp. Ernest died on September 11, 1962 and he is buried in St. Matthias Anglican Cemetery in Berkeley. AINGE, William Edward “Eddy” Eddy was born in Beckenham, England on December 30, 1925. He enlisted in the Navy in 1944 after graduation from Torpedomen school. He served during World War II on the destroyer HMS Kempenfelt, Royal Navy from 1944 to 1945 in the Pacific, including Australia and Hong Kong. He married Mavis in 1946 and immigrated to Ontario with his wife and son in 1951. Eddy lived in London/Middlesex until he passed away on April 4, 2002.

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