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au. Glen S!!eetie waa the 80n •~ Mra.Lava 81reet.u,l1Y1DC eut of the

Mapleton ' church: Be aenecl witb. the •ftiV•Oil DeeeaMr 5th,I9",1l1• •tiler reo­

ei Ted the aeaaace 'Serio walT wotald.ei. aDd nported alaatuc ln Ita}7 • .After ~he

•ntlaa,alae :Noe1Ted wo:rcl ~rom a .u ln Bacl8Dil1 tell1DC ller tllat he lud

heard a .... .,. on a radio ·~adoaat ~. Ita17,telll~ that Mr aon ... aate

am we11,1D a pr180n oaap,clTlltc llla •tber'a addreaa alllll ukiac ~ oue,

.bearinc .. aroadoaat io ... word io hla •ther.~he ....... ucl ... 81'084

oaat 19 u .-.riaan »Dotor,al80 a prl110ur of war,who llacl atteDde4 to Glen.

After the war,Glen ret~,ariaclDS a Soottiab. war arlcle aDd t'-7,wlth their

two .. 11 MU U. 11T1De at OopeJlUce• on a -11 ~aa_wtloll tke7 ~vcht.

J,J.llM!r ••• t~ 1011 et Mr.Uid Jllta.filllam Pluer,ll'l"lDC eaat ot the .. p1etea

ohurok.!U, were worltlllc for llr.JitrMri ~.Ba aened ln tile U'lllr.lle 414nt

Areal• l1a,ar ,a ai'Other et J .w .Plaller aened lD the U'IV .ca :rearu17 5t11,

~~.- waa reported 'Mlaaizrc 1n action• ~

9Pnpr Doy14 Poater, .. n of llr.u4 Jllta.Bert !bater eDllate4 ln the •l'IIIIY 8DCl

waa a w1re1eaa oP.rator.After attelld1DC HlP Sollloo1 in q~r,lle •'~"•cl witll

hia })U'8Jlia io 8 fua,eaat of the JC1»pal11 acmo1eDoD hater aDd DoD l'lDOJl

-.ta weDt to EDclaD4 eD iept811Hr Iat,oD the ~D Jlu7.~1le Queen Jlal7

oarrlect ti'OOpa aD4 went without eaoort,ezoept tor plaea pert o~ U. ..,-.

Slae clepe!IAecl upoD lwr apeecl tor pl"(,teotioD.!he trip waa Mel• ln three aDd a

llalt cl~a.CJl board. were 19,000 tnopa ancl 2,000 o.rew,la a11,21,000 per110na.

!Jlla waa the 1arpat DaMar to uoaa oa a a1Dg1e boat,up ut11 tut u ••

Raoh dq, the lloat nlaed a toot ad. a u1t out of tlae water,due to tlle

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· .lllala were eaten in ahitts 8Dil

there wss nner an hour fl'OBl 7

a.U~. to 7 P .ll. when food wu

felt veq fortunate to meet &m!JS

trieDds before enlistiJ:Jg and both

had lett a bride ot' lesa than a

DoD was in ~ 3rd Division 8Dd

went into BO~ on D ~ and

waa in action with the 12th

Field Regiment until V.J.~.

Pollowiug V .J ~,he was in

Boapital in Ghent tor two mntha.

On hia return from overaeaa,Don

GUDDer ~nald Poster •

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bo11ght the HarY•1" llartindale fara,east ot the Kiagsmill school aD4 he

and hia wife(Jrorm Light.) haTe -.de their ho• there.

Miss Jlelen !odhp,daughter of .Kr aDd Mn.Ol8j'ton \fo4lt.aa1 11Yiug Jaat .

... t of the Mapleton Ohurch,on the oppoaite aide of the roed.Helen

enlisted in the anv.'Jhen peaoe waa declared aDd civilian life reatll*l

abe took up residence in IDDdon.

(Mra.Bert Foster)

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P/0 Donald DaTiea liDCh,

son ot l1r and Kra.Eardley

Pinch of Jlapleton,enli._

ed in the Royal Canadian

.Air Force at London,Ontario

in Auguat,I942,taking hie

basic training at LachiDe

~ue.Then an Air Gunners

course at ~.Joli,Que.,

and Fingal~e graduated in

Auga.at. 1943.

Before going overaeaa,he

waa married to the former

Robina Mc.Jte1l,

Donald made nine tripa

over enemy terri tory

before he and his crew

were killed in a flying

aocident,on February 2nd,

I944,while training tor

a special assignmentJae and the six other members ot his crew were laid

to rest in the Stonefall cemeter,y~rogate,Yorkahiee,England.

On his grtVe,is a atone flower bolder,placed there by the Orosaley-Hunter

Group of the Kingsmill-Kapleton Inati tute.

(Bo'bina(lb.Re11) Finch)

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R.c.o.c. at WOolsey Barracks.

in London,as a motor mechanic

and placed in the fourth a~

Field Wbrk Shop,Montreal,He

volunteered for the Firat Canai-

ian Ar!IV Base Work Shop ~erseaa

and was sent to Barrietield,

Ki~aton,ontario,until June I9th

I94I9when he went overseas to

Alderahot,

In September,he was attached to

the Essex Scottish Regiment,as

a mtor mechanic. Sg\. Keith Drake,

He saw service in Holland and

••••••• was transferred to an artillery

L .A .D .Ve sailed fo• home on V .J .De¥ ( 1945) and was •. discharged October

28th,I945,

Stan1!Y W,Williama,son of Mr,and Mra,George Williama,former!y of

l4apleton and later of Kingamill,reoeived his ear}¥ education in the llap~ r _

ton aohool.Later he was employed in Detroit.During Worls War II.he aened

with the American ~,returning home with health impaired,After months

of oonvaleacing,he expired on the street of a heart attack,in his fortieth

year.

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Russell Britton • ••••••

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Haney Willsey

S/Sgt.Boaa Abell. S/Sgt.Fred Booker.

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( Pnpklia Brv, 80n ot Jlr .aDd Mra.John BrQ" ,Mapla~n,eallatecl in IDDdoa,in the

U'1l¥ ,·on Jaa.8tll,1945,at the age ot eighteen.He ~ok training at O:Utaam Mil

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lpperwaall.He had hia embarkation leaYe the tollolrbtg a111dMr aDCl weat 1io .. rrie-

field oam:p at Kiuca~n ~ •a1t l')i~JC oYaraeaa.flLe Elll'opean war aDd1JJc,he YolUD.-

~au ks)ttia ••• employed lt)' Bell17 Leg when he enlisted 1.n tlle Boyal Caaadiaa

Ol'dinuoe Oorp,ln 1942.Ba took 'Halo tralaing in OaatJa.a.c.p Bordon UMlft.Knos,

Kantuoq .!Ia waa poatacl oYaraaaa aDd aerYed in ticiq, then Ita)7 ,where be waa

wo'UDiled aDd loat the aipt ot oM e7e.Be repatriated to EDglud in lloap1tal tor

!o~nto.

Dpnal4 Matth!!J,aon ot Mr.aDd Kra. George Matthewa,tormerlT ot Cro~ale7 Hunter

eallatad in loDdon,in the tall ot 1942 in t11a Bo7al Canedlan' Artilleey.Ba took

hla ~aalc trainiDg in Chatham with turtaer trainlDg at '-t.w ... nanicw6 ... ~.

Be waa pro•ted io Corporal aDd uaigDed 1io raatraetioulwork 1n Oaaada •

. 7•ara,he apeat ~at ot the ti .. in hoapitala and diad 1n I947.S. lett a wife

the former Margaret Boyle,wbom be had .. rried· in 1942 aDd t.o a-.11 children.

Lealie J.eke,Son of Mr.aDd llra.:S.r'bart 14b,tormarq ot the ninth oonoeaaion,

Soath ~r.heater(J.C.JeDktna t~,atteaded Croaale,r-Hunter a~l~later goi~

~ IDDdon where lle waa employed in the Empire Braaa i'aotoJ'7~He enllatad aD4

went oYeraeaa with the lena ~t.Ba waa ae-.erelT woWM\84 1n Ita]7,qiDg

taere 1n I944,ac*l 25 yean.

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Cpl Elmer LeBSion of Mr.~ Mrs.

S.W.Legg,Oroaaly-Hanter(8th Conoeaa-

1on)enlisted in ~ndon Maro~,I94I,

Be trained as a olerk,~niatrat1Te

Penfield Ridp.JI.B.

In JUly I942 9waa posted to Eastern Air

Qomm•nd Beadquartera,Ha)itax,later was . posted to Cap de la Macleliue,Que.

Then to f 5 I .T .s .BelleTllle and trom

there to Calger.y.

Later waa tlown up the Alaska Highlrq

route to Dawson Creek,SOO miles Nortll . west ot Ed.Jzonton and. was posted to

Ft.St.John,Peace RiTer District and Whitehorse in the Yukon. Reoeived his

diaoha~ in Deo.I945.

S/sU.Boaa A'bell,aon ot Jm • .&Dd llr'a.Georse AMll Oroaalq Banter, lo1Ded

the R.C.B.li.E.1n llaroh,I94I.After traini.Dg at Oaathall 8lld the 8I"'V trade

aolaool at Bam1lton,aa1led tor EDgland 1n OOtober,where for two 7eara,he

tookextenaive trainiDg on ttnka.He lett EQgl&Dd for Italy in NoTember,

I94S,where he sew active aervioe,attainiQg the rank ot S/Sgt. with the

armoured oorp.In Pelt.I94S,lle lett Italy aDd landed at Jlaraa1llea,Going

througlt France to Belg1um,li>llaDd and lier~m~7 .He TOlunteered tor aenioe . in the Paoltlo and was aent home on leeTe before V.J~.He received ll1a . discharge ln lloTember I945,later mer1'7lDg ex.O.W.A.O.W1lla Jean Gilbert

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ot London,wbo had aened wi ~h tae Canadian Paratroop Corp aa a pareQhute rigger

They DOW liTe on the AMll f81'Dl Jua~ DOrth of the CAu.roh.

P/0. Jo.lm SWeet •••••••

F/Q.John Sweat Son of Eugene and

Aleta(Danoe)SWeet,great grandson

of Zedekiah Danae and. John sne~

ot the KiD88mill district • .

Born July 1917 1J1arriecl Irene King

JUDe I940,EDl1ated in R.C.A.P.in

A-qguat I94I' Took laasio training

08lunra,Senioe l"lying at #I<&,

with diatinguiahed peaa,reoeiYing

his oo~aaion with the rank of

Pilot Officer et the same time.

Six months later he beo81118 • ~lylJic

iook special training ~t 5!renton.In NovemiHtr waa posted to fi4,ql.Dr u an

LDatruotor in tlJiug tor the tirat oleaa of Fleet Air ~.on J~ 4th I944,ae

waa aeYere~ inJured in a plaDe orua during a training fllgat. aDd was

bospi~alised ezeotlf e y~ar et T.T.SJBOspitel,aouth of St,Thomaa,Carl•tie st.

BOspital,Toronto aDd DiYadale CoDvaleaoent Bospitel,Toronto,On Jan.IOth,I945

he wea posted to GaDaDoque as MJutant,whioh posting he held until the station

olosed 1n June ,when be rneiYed llia dlaoharge.U. bought a term on the eight&

CoDOeaaion South Doroheater.

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IIIGelnf...Booap d.eaoeDilent of ..,_,J' Bag1a,to1814er of Bopor ad ued.Uecl (.

with ita growth troa a amall tiah1QC Y1llace to eme ef EaglaDla ck1et reaorta.

Bon Deo. I90a; o.- to Oaaada 1n 1921; Jlan1ed Suah Gr•'burg 1n 192-&;

Baa thfte ohilclna - Anlmr.Jeaa aDd Gal"diDeJ'I Rlll1ated at loDdon 1n Fe~. 19•1

~hing hla treini~ at IDDdon.obathua,aDd Baniefield(Xiugaton)1n the

R.O.E.M.a.He aalled tor EDglaDd in Septe-.r,l9•1 with the x•th Oalgar)r Tank

Rec.Stx •nth.a later he waa tranater:red to tbe Iat fanadian ~uak fl'OllP \Yorbhop

and waa IIIOYecl to Sootlud to prepare for the iD'Yaaion of SicUy.Left EDglud

Jaae 28tll,I9U,laDilecl· wtth the lDYaaion forces in Sicily 1n Jul7,iDYadiug Ita}T

~-*•Cil'~-:-tlltlf\•• aenecl in Sicily aDd Ital.T twe~ oDe mntha.He waa at

GuiDo when 1 t fell .He lett Itaq 1n Maroh 19•5 aDd went thl'Oagh Prance ... lciua

in September, 19~ aDd reoei'Yed hia diaollarge OOtober 25th.

Bary!J Wlll!!J Son of Mr.aad xr..AlYln Willa~ Croaaley Hunter enlisted in the

· AJ'thv Pw, Son of Mr.aDd. Mn.Ernle Fan,who li'Yed eaat of 01'0••1&¥ HuDter ' 't .

ooaaeaaion,South DorcbeateJ'.

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Yeu w:bo follow attar .sJaall aee the gleam of DDl'lli!JC r1 ...

Beoauae of tlloae wbo lie w1 th the last darlmaaa 111 their qu.

ADd 70U shall fiDd a world of Jautioe.:EWace aDd anther llloo4.

Baoauae.~ather than be alavaa.tke,r perished where the7 atoocl •

.ADd 701l shall uver lmow the iron heel. the haDd of kate. Beenae of thoH who went with 80JlC8 upon their 11pa. Theae are the tal leu oDe a • tkeir d.fl¥• of love aD4 7euth

are do:ae-The7 leave to you the ~1•1D« light aDd the glor,y of

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SG.ClareDoe Lealie Son ot ltr,and Mrs.

~ Leal1e 9 Croaaley Hunter, Joi ned t he

R.C.A.F.1n ootober9 I939,aa an 1natru-

ment maker,W1ile i n tra1n1Qg 1n Ottawa,

lord ~edallllir died and ClareDOe waa .

li.De stood at atteDtlon tor tour houra,

He reoeh'ed turther tra1n1Dg at Calgar;y,

Patricia ~ on VaDCOuYer IalaDd,aDd

took OOD'W'ndo trainiJJe at Coal Harbour,

Hla eqaadl"on waa lent to the .&mer1oam

arqr aDd they were sent to the jleutiaD

Ial&Dda tor tour montha,fhen he waa

returned to Patrto1a.'!;~ el3d aened as

an 1natructor9 lnt11 he received hla Sg\,Clarence Lealie

•••••••• 41acharge atter alx 7eara of aenloe,

Be DOW reaidea at Sl~ on V~Yer Ial&Dd aDd la 1n the Jeweller, ~uaiDeaa.

Llovd Ackert- B~rn in 1894, son of Llewellyn and Annie (Smi th) Ackert ,

South Dorchester received his call J

for Active Service of World War 1, but due to ill health, death seized him in 1918 before responding to the call for training.

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At the tt. of World War I,theN wen \llree :1Dgl1alt. lada world.• . for fatwan 1D tlae OOIIBUL1 \7 wllo eD11at.4 a-

Perq Lowea\hal froa .Auel aDd. W.G.Claarltona aDil C.F1DOlt.

1r1111am Jllddook - froa Qoohie Tbo-.ou

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Alfnd JohUoD

Jl1ohael Job.DaoD

X.a11e Dnlea

D.R.Pil1lp

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