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25 August 1926 - Alice Margaret McMahon - 15 July 2024 Alice was born in Erin Township, Wellington Co. Ontario on August 25, 1926. She left school at age sixteen to work twelve hours shifts as a riveter on Lancaster bombers at Victory Aircraft. On her eighteenth birthday, she joined the Royal Canadian Navy at HMCS Conestoga and served in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia during World War II. Among her many duties, as a WREN, she was receiving and dispatching the incoming and outgoing signals to the various points on the base. She was stationed at Cornwallis and Halifax in Nova Scotia and Royal Roads, Esquimalt, BC. She received her discharge in 1945. Alice married Norm McMahon, a World War II veteran. Together they raised a family of six. Alice was a member of the Erin Branch 442 of the Canadian Legion for more than 57 years. CATCH THE ACE Will RETURN To The Erin Legion WEEK # 35 Wednesday 17 July, 2024
WINNER Sandra Foster AMOUNT $961.00 ENVELOPE No. 51 - CARD 10 of Clubs
WE HAVE A CATCH THE ACE WINNER AFTER 8 DRAWS - SHELLY FERGUSON GRAND JACKPOT $30,000.00 - CONGRATULATIONS Shelly! All Monies Raised Will Go Back Into The Community New Photos on the Community Service & Photo Gallery Pages ERIN LEGION DONATED OVER $70,000 TO COMMUNITY & VETERANS IN 2023Wellington Advertiser Thursday 25 January. 2024 Click Link for Article
The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command - 2025 Do you have a Family Member or Relative that is or has Served in the Canadian Armed Forces? We would like to Honour Them with a short story & photo in our 12th Book Click Poster for details There is no cost involved and a copy of the book is free from the Legion when it is published For information and assistance contact
Service Officer Doug Kirkwood - doug.kirkwood@sympatico.ca - 905-845-8477
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Information and Reviews of our recently published "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" The Men & Women of Erin & District is listed below.
"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" The Men & Women of Erin & District Click Poster for Details It is a staggering 360 pages of the stories of the Fallen, those who Volunteered and the local military local history from the Loyalist days of the late 1700's to Afghanistan including what was like here on "Home Front" during the two World Wars. It has been a work in progress for a decade and a half. Jay Mowat, Erin Radio I read it all last night and today. Fabulous! Fabulous! Thank You! Debbi Scott, Erin ON I read it from cover to cover and document in the margins all family connections. We will place this book with other family history so future generation can follow our connections to the township and the military service. Thanks for all your work - Bill Cunningham - Southampton ON "What a terrific book for me to have. You have created a new and very special link with the past for the whole Erin community. I can now connect so much more easily with the friends and families I have come to know over the past 50 years. Thank you so much." - Jim Sparks, Erin ON Your book, "We Will Remember Them", is an impressive piece of research and a fine read. As the child of Dutch immigrants, I have a much better knowledge of the great effort by Canadians that went into their liberation in 1945 after reading it. I love how you wove the life of the Village of Erin into the military narrative and global events. All the individual stories of the fighting men are riveting reads. You have really honoured Erin and District's service men and women in your book! Thank you for writing it. It will be a go to historical resource for generations to come! - My parents did not tell us much about their war years besides telling us to eat all the food on our plate as they had to go to the compost pile to dig up old potato peels to eat. - Jane Vandervliet Erin ON Check the Coming Events Page for the Latest Events All Are Welcome At Our Events You Don't Have To Be A Legion Member Come and Mingle With Your Friends & Neighbours Erin Legion is currently seeking 3 individuals to act as our Financial Review Committee. You need not be a Chartered Accountant but should have some accounting knowledge. You may or may not be Legion members but cannot be an employee or a member of the Executive. The Financial Committee would be required to examine the accounting as well as internal procedures of the Legion to ensure that they are in good order as per the Legion's by-laws. The review would be necessary on a quarterly basis and committee findings would be examined by our Provincial Command. Interested people can apply via email sent to erincanadianlegion@bellnet.ca. Attention Executive Committee.
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