HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-11-09, Page 39REMEMBRANCE DAY—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER", 1994—PAGE 21
Bill Wilbee, who has lived on
George St. E. in Seaforth for many
years, served with the 3rd Division
of the Canadian Army as a
motorcycle dispatch rider. His
function was simple, he says - take
messages from point A to point B.
He was overseas for three years,
from March 1943 until June 1946,
in France, Belgium, Holland and
Germany. Bill says that after
enlisting he was trained on a
Harley-Davidson here in Canada,
but when he got into active service
the motorcycles were completely
different: Nortons, two BSAs and a
Matchless, all British made."You
learned quick," he says.
Mr. Wilbee was a foreman at the
old shoe factory here in town for
many years after returning from the
war. He is now retired.
Tom Wilbee
TOM WILBEE
LAC Tom Wilbee enlisted in the
R.C.A.F. in 1941, and was trained
as an airframe mechanic at Galt
Aircraft school and St. Thomas
Technical Training School. After
basic training in Toronto he was
posted to Yarmouth N.S., where he
joined 162 Bombing and Recon-
naissance Squadron Coastal Com-
mand.
During the following year he
served temporary duty on various
bases in Newfoundland, Labrador
and Quebec. In 1943 we were
posted from the Seaplane base at
Dartmouth N.S. to Reyjavik Iceland
to patrol the North Sea for enemy
submarines. While there he became
a friend of F/L David Hornell the
first person in the R.C.A.F. to be
awarded (posthumously) the Vic-
toria Cross for bravery. In 1945 he
was discharged at Toronto.
DON WOOD
Along with his friends he joined
the Elgin Regiment. He was just 16
and went to Sunset, New Bruswick
and then to Debert, Nova Soctia.
He was sent to the Fourth Division
Headquarters before he went
overseas and was stationed in
Aldershot, England where he
became an armored car driver. Two
days after D -Day they landed in
France. He drove for Gen. Kitchen
and Gen. Foster where he was
wounded and sent back to England.
When I returned I joined the
Govenor Gen. Foot Guards until the
end of the war. He said "I would
do it all over again for my
country."
JOHN WOOD
John Wood joined in 1940 the
Royal Canadian Electrical Mechan-
ical Engineers. He returned to
Seaforth in 1945 and farmed in
Tuckersmith Twp. He died in 1985.
John Wood *
• Henry Ziler
Bob Watson *
Charles Wood *
CHARLES W. WOOD
Charles W. Wood was five years
and nine months overseas with the
Royal Canadian Regiment.
(deceased
HENRY ZILER
Henry Ziler was born in
Dashwood but now lives in
Seaforth. During World War II he
was with the Royal Canadian
Engineers at Brigade Headquarters,
serving in Canada from 1942-47.
His former wife Jeane, now
deceased, served with the Royal
Canadian Air Force from 1942-45.
Bob Venus, shown at
right.
Bruce Wright
William A. Wright *
A. Tremblay *
Albert Venus
eane Ziler
WE SALUTE
The men
and women of the
Seaforth Legion on
the occasion of
their 65"
Anniversary
IBC
SEAFORTH
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