31 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND ANDERSON, Oscar William Oscar was born in Renwer, Manitoba on September 6, 1932. He joined the Canadian Army on November 26, 1952 and became a lineman in the Canadian Signal Corps. He served in numerous locations in Canada. Later, he re-mustered to the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and became a cook. During this time, he spent two years in Germany and cooked for the Provost Unit in Fort Henry, Germany. Oscar married prior to his service in Germany and was the father of three children, two girls and one boy. He was discharged on May 16, 1968. On release, he started his own restaurant which he and his wife Donna worked together running the business and raising the family. He has now retired to his home in Kaladar, Ontario and for the past few years has travelled Canada from sea to sea in his motor home. As of late, he has settled down and now spends his time visiting friends. He is a 35-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Coe Hill Branch 581. ARSENAULT, Joseph Augustin Joseph was born in Egmont Bay, PEI on May 25, 1923. He enlisted as a flight officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942, at the age of nineteen. He was trained as a Navigator and assigned to an Avro Lancaster Bomber. He flew many daytime and nighttime missions over Germany flying from England until 1945. After the war, he attended Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, earned his pharmacist degree, and tried to start a drug store business in a small Nova Scotia town. He re-enlisted in the service, this time in the Army with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps for ten years, with several postings including Montreal, Germany, Ottawa, and finally Camp Borden. He received the Nav. Badge, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and the Canadian Forces Decoration. He retired in 1964 and worked at a few local pharmacies in Ottawa until his passing on April 7, 1977. ARNOTT, Thomas “Tom” Tom was born on July 20, 1923, in Dunfermline, Scotland. He enlisted in the CanadianArmy on July 20, 1943 and served as a Rifleman Trooper with the Regina Rifles in Canada, England, France and Holland where he was severely wounded in action. Tom was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, the 1939-1945 Star and the France and Germany Star. He was discharged on July 20, 1945. Tom was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion for more than 40 years before he passed away on September 16, 1986.
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