Ontario

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This organ is dedicated to the glory of God and in memory of those members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives in the service of their country.

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NETHERLANDS - CANADA
LIBERATION MONUMENT

THE MAN WITH TWO HATS

During the Second World War, Canadian soldiers played a crucial role in the liberation of the Netherlands. With the donation of this monument- an expression of joy and a celebration of freedom- the Netherlands pays a lasting tribute to Canada.

A statue identical to this one stands in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. The twin monuments symbolically link Canada and the Netherlands; though separated by an ocean, the two countries will forever be close friends. Her Royal Highness Princess Magriet of the Netherlands unveiled the monument in Ottawa on May 11, 2002, and the other one in Apeldoorn on May 2, 2000.

Artist: Henk Visch

MONUMENT EN L’HONNEUR DE LA LIBERATION
DES PAYS-BAS PAR LE CANADA.

L’HOMME AUX DEUX CHAPEAUX

Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les soldats canadiens ont joué un rôle crucial dans la libération des Pays-Bas. Par le don de ce monument, les Pays-Bas ont voulu rendre un profond hommage au Canada.

Une statue identique à celle-ci a été érigée à Apeldoorn aux Pays-Bas, les deux œuvres reliant symboliquement le Canada et les Pays-Bas. Bien que séparés par un océan, ces pays resteront à jamais unis dans l’amitié. Son Altesse Royale la princesse Margriet des Pays-Bas a inauguré le monument d’Ottawa, le 11 mai 2002, et celui d’Apeldoorn, le 2 mai 2000.

Artiste : Henk Visch

~ IN ~ MEMORY ~
OF ~ 1701 ~ MEN ~
~ OF ~
~ THE ~ CANADIAN ~ BANK ~
~ OF ~ COMMERCE ~
~ WHO ~ SERVED ~
~ IN ~ THE ~ GREAT ~ WAR ~
~ 1914 ~ 1919 ~
~ OTTAWA ~
~ BRANCH ~

YEOMAN C. W. ASHBY
SGT W. E. BALES
GNR V. M. BRAY
PTE C. E. CLARK
LT W. J. DALTON
CAPT C. G. DOWSLEY
CPL G. T. ELLIOTT DCM
GNR W. S. FAICHNEY
2ND LT W. H. FALKNER KIA
SGT F. N. GISBORNE
GNR L. R. GISBORNE
GNR C. A. GRAVEL
BDR A. A. MORDY
MAJOR A. G. MORDY DSO
LT F. M. MURPHY KIA
PTE R. G. MCLEAN
CAPT H. W. POPE
LT W. L. RICHARDS
FL CADET R. SHEARD MM
GNR H. D. STEARNS
LT V. W. THOMPSON

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ALL THESE WERE HOUNOURED
IN THEIR GENERTAIONS AND
WERE THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES
ECCLESIASTICUS 44-7

VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDINGS
1939 – 1945
ÉDIFICES COMMEMORATIFS
DES ANCIENS COMBATANTS

TOUS CES HOMMES FURENT HONORÉS
PAR LEURS CONTEMPORAINS TOUS
ONT ÉTÉ LA GLOIRE DE LEUR TEMPS
L’ÉCCLÉSIASTIQUE 44-7

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ALL THESE WERE HOUNOURED
IN THEIR GENERTAIONS AND
WERE THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES
ECCLESIASTICUS 44-7

TOUS CES HOMMES FURENT HONORÉS
PAR LEURS CONTEMPORAINS TOUS
ONT ÉTÉ LA GLOIRE DE LEUR TEMPS
L’ÉCCLÉSIASTIQUE 44-7

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For those who served: In the 1950’s, Canada erected the twin Memorial Buildings on Wellington Street. One of those buildings, at the time housed the new Department of Veterans Affairs. In the 20^th century alone, nearly two million Canadians served their country in war. Now Canada serves these people through the Veterans Charter, a pact exceptional in the world for the breadth and scope of services it offers.

At the end of the Second World War in 1945, Canada was determined to help veterans, but it faces an enormous challenge in integrating hundreds of thousands of returning servicemen and servicewomen into Canadian society. The answer was a brilliant array of educational, health, housing and employment programs.

Honouring a generation: The memorial Buildings, erected in 1949 and 1955 respectively, were designed with a sleek melding of neoclassical and copper-roofed château styles. The buildings are unusual in that they are linked by the memorial Arch, which is not really an arch at all, but a bridge. The Memorial Arch is dedicated to all who served in the Second World War.

A feat of arms: In April 1945, Canadian troops cross the Rhine and pushed north to liberate the Netherlands from five long years of occupation. As Canadian tanks rolled into one Dutch town after another, the people went wild with joy and took to the streets in celebration. Returning to Canada, those who served from 1939 to 1945 were honoured with the title of “veterans” and the gratitude of all Canadians.

The National Capital Commission (NCC) in collaboration with Public Works and Government Services Canada.

À la mémoire des Anciens Combattants : Dans les années 1950, le Canada érige les deux édifices commémoratifs de la rue Wellington, dont l’un abritera le ministère des Anciens combattants, nouvellement crée. Au cours du XXe siècle, près de deux millions de Canadiens et de Canadiennes participent aux efforts de guerre. En échange. Le Canada assure des services à ces personnes dans le cadre de la Charte des anciens combattants, pacte unique au monde par sa portée et la vaste gamme de services qu’il prévoit.

À la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, en 1945, le Canada est résolu à aider les anciens combattants, mais il fait face à un défi énorme : intégrer dans la société canadienne des centaines de milliers de militaires de retour au pays. Il y parvient grâce à un excellent éventail de programmes d’éducation, de santé, de logement et d’emploi.

Un hommage à toute une génération : Érigés en 1949 et 1955 respectivement, les édifices commémoratifs présentent des lignes épurées alliant le style néoclassique avec celui des châteaux aux toits de cuivre. Les édifices ont la particularité d’être reliés par une « arche commémorative » en réalité un pont. L’arche est dédiée à toutes les personnes qui ont participé à la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Un exploit militaire : En avril 1945, les troupes canadiennes traversent le Rhin et progressent vers le nord afin de libérer les Pays-Bas, soumis à cinq longues années d’occupation. Dans chaque ville et village néerlandais où arrivaient les tanks canadiens, les habitants, fous de joie, faisaient la fête dans les rues. À leur retour au Canada, les personnes qui avaient pris part à la guerre de 1939 – 1945 ont été honorées su titre d’ « Anciens combattants » et elles ont obtenu la reconnaissance de tous les Canadiens et Canadiennes.

La Commission de la capitale nationale (CCN), en collaboration avec Travaux publics et services gouvernementaux Canada. 

Alere Flammam

Ottawa Collegiate Institute

1914 - 1918

To the memory of ex-pupils of the

Ottawa Collegiate Institute

who in defence of justice and freedom

gloriously gave their lives in the Great War

"Their name liveth for evermore"

"IN FLANDERS FIELDS"

IN MEMORY OF LIEUT. ALEXIS HANNUM HELMER,
2ND OTTAWA BATTERY,
1ST CANADIAN FIELD ARTILLERY.
KILLED IN ACTION MAY 2, 1915, AGE 22,
AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES, BELGIUM.
HE WAS THE FIRST LISGAR GRADUATE
TO DIE IN WORLD WAR I.
HIS DEATH INSPIRED HIS CLOSE FRIEND
LIEUT. COLONEL DR. JOHN MCCRAE
TO COMPOSE THIS IMMORTAL POEM.

ALERE FLAMMAM.
ERECTED BY THE LISGAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
IN RECOGNITION OF THE 160TH ANNIVERSARY. 2001.

1939 - 1945

In memory of the students of

Lisgar Collegaite Institute

who gave their lives

in the Second World War

For Valour

Commemorating the sixteen Canadian servicemen awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery during World War Two 1939-1945

(Note: There follows a small photo-drawing and short biography of each of the sixteen recipients of the Victoria Cross. Names annotated with a "+" were awarded their VC posthumously. See below)

Sgt Major John Robert Osborn +

Hong Kong, December 19^th 1941

Born: Norfolk England, January 2^nd 1899

1^st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers

Lt Col Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt

Dieppe, August 19^th 1942

Born: Vancouver B.C., November 10^th 1908

The South Saskatchewan Regiment

Rev John Weir Foote

Dieppe, Augusr 19^th 1942

Born: Madoc Ontario, May 5^th 1904

Canadian Chaplain Services

The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry

Capt Frederick Thornton Peters

Oran  North Africa, November 8^th 1942

Born: Charlottetown P.E.I., September 17^th 1889

Royal Navy

Flt. Lt. David Ernest Hornell +

Shetland Islands U.K., June 24^th 1944

Born: Mimico Ontario, January 26^th 1910

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sqdn. Ldr. Ian Willoughby Bazalgette +

Trossy St Maximin France, August 4^th 1944

Born: Calgary Alberta, October 19^th 1918

Royal Air Force

Major David Vivian Currie

St Lambert sur Dives France, August 18th 1944

Born : Sutherland Saskatchewan, July 8th 1912

Pte Ernest Alvia Smith

Savio River Italy, October 21^st-22^nd 1944

Born: New Westminster B.C., May 3^rd 1914

The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

Capt Paul Triquet

Casa Berardi Italy, December 14^th 1943

Born: Cabano Quebec, April 2^nd 1910

Royal 22e Regiment

Major Charles Ferguson Hoey +

Maungdaw Burma, February 16^th 1944

Born: Duncan B.C., March 29^th 1914

1^st Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment

Major John Keefer Mahony

Melfa River Italy, May 24^th 1944

Born: New Westminster B.C., June 30^th 1911

The Westminster Regiment

P.O. Andrew Charles Mynarski +

Cambrai France, June 12^th 1944

Born: Winnipeg Manitoba, October 14^th 1916

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sgt Aubrey Cosens +

Mooshof Germany, February 25^th-26^th 1945

Born: Latchford Ontario May 21^st 1921

The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada

Major Frederick Albert Tilston

The Hochwald Germany, March 1^st 1945

Born: Toronto Ontario, June 11^th 1906

The Essex Scottish Regiment

Cpl Frederick George Topham

East of the Rhine, March 24^th 1945

Born: Toronto Ontario, August 10^th 1917

Lt. Robert Hampton Gray +

Onagawa Wan Japan, August 9^th 1945

Born: Trail B.C., November 2^nd 1917

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

DAVID FRANCIS GASTON
ROULEAU
PILOT OFFICER ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
LISGAR COLLEGIATE GRADUATE

• David Rouleau was born in Ottawa, lived along the still waters of the Rideau Canal, attended Lisgar Collegiate and summered along the logging route known as the Gatineau River. He attended the University of Toronto where he earned a Bachelor of Arts. David Rouleau’s life would have been one of happiness assured a college graduate in a quiet town, one of family roots and children to come and of success- perhaps as a teacher. He was young, shy, wide-eyed and innocent in the way that good young men were in 1941. However, his barely-underway life was swept up in the massive fire storm of the Second World War. A boy who loved swimming, badminton and paddling on the Gatineau River, whose family loved him for his brightness and kindness became serial number J15348 and went forth from the bosom of his family to learn to fly and kill men just like him whose leaders had chosen a dangerous path.
• His is the story of all Canadian airmen of the Second World War; one of duty and honour to be sure- but also one of excitement, fellowship, the thrill of flying and the pride of being counted among the finest warriors Canada had.
• Rouleau enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force taking elementary flying training at St. Eugene, Ontario- just to the east of here. He then went on to No. 2 service Flying Training School at RCAF Uplands in Ottawa never more than a short drive from his family. After earning his wings, David Rouleau most likely enjoyed a short leave with his family, was then swept away into the maelstrom of war- never to return- until now.
• Rouleau sailed across the Atlantic to train on Spitfires. After his operational training, he joined 131 Squadron, RAF as a Flight Sergeant, flying with them for 10 months before he was commissioned as a Pilot Officer. A week after, he left 131 to join pilots sailing for the defence of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea, reaching Gibraltar before June of 1942. On June 2^nd, he sailed aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle with fellow pilots and their Spitfire fighters. On the morning of the 3^rd, 31 pilots including Rouleau launched from Eagle’s deck, formed up and headed for Malta. Close to the island fortress, they were attacked by 12 Messerschmitt Bf-109 fighters of II/JG 53 led by legendary Luftwaffe ace Gerhard Michalski. Four of the 31 Spitfires were shot down by the Germans including that of Pilot Officer David Francis Gaston Rouleau. He was never seen again.
• James Cobley grew up during the Second World War. His father Fred worked for Pressed Steel, building fuselages for the Avro Lancaster bombers of Bomber Command. Immediately after the war, Fred purchased a RAF leather flying jacket from a war surplus store for £3. He wore it for several years to work at the factory, but in 1950 gave it to his teenaged son Jim, who had secretly wanted it since his father brought it home. Jim would wear the jacket as he walked to work at the same factory where his father worked. Jim loved the way he looked in that jacket, the way it attracted attention- especially from the girls. He wore it to all the football matches he could attend- and that was a lot as Jim was a great fan.
• In 1952, Jim joined the Royal Air Force for his National Service and was deployed to Singapore. After returning from duty, Jim took various jobs but excelled eventually as a toy salesman. Throughout all this time, Jim continued to wear his flying jacket whenever he could- especially to football matches to watch his beloved Oxford United side. The “Fan in the Flying Jacket” was seen by hundreds of thousands of people as Jim travelled to away games across England.
• It wasn’t until 1984 that Jim, at the suggestion of a friend, had a close look at the faded label in the jacket. Close inspection revealed the faint penciled lettering with the name “Rouleau” and a service number- J15348. It was then that Jim’s abiding curiosity set in motion a search for the story of “Rouleau” that would last a quarter of a century, involve dozens of people and cross an ocean- a quest that would bring his beloved jacket home.
• That search led Jim to the jacket’s owner- Pilot Officer David Rouleau- who had died during  the war trying to get to Malta. Several times the search for more about Rouleau reached a dead end. But persistence on the part of Jim and his friends in England and in Ottawa led Jim not only to the truth but in the end to the family members of David Rouleau. The quest brought to light considerable information about the last days of David Rouleau’s life that his family had never known. Now some 66 years after his disappearance, his family has learned the truth, come together to celebrate his life and touched the jacket that their beautiful son once wore. It will now be proudly displayed close to his home in the Vintage Wings of Canada library along with other artefacts from his personal effects- all because of one man’s curiosity and kind-heartedness.

VINTAGE WINGS OF CANADA FOUNDATION
LA FOUNDATION DES AILES D'EPOQUE DU CANADA

Vintage Wings of Canada would like to thank the following people for their help in making David Rouleau come to life - Judith Burns, Howard Cook, Ken Cowan, Tim Dubé Steve Fochuk, Norma Geggie Helen
Gillespie, Hugh Halliday, Graham Hughes, Carolynne Irvin, Ted Latham, Pat MacAdam, Andrew Pentland, Mike Potter, Harold Pretty, Carl Vincent, Chris Terry and above all Jim Cobley, Pat Hall and Peg Christie.

IN MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE KOREAN CONFLICT  1950-1953

GRAY, ALEC

IN HONOUR OF THE STUDENTS WHO SERVED IN THE KOREAN CONFLICT 1950-1953

BOWEN, GERALD R.

KEILLOR, HUNTLEY W.

KERR, J. GORMAN

MACARTHUR, ROBERT A.

LAUGHTON, ROBERT C.

LOOMIS, D. GORDON

NEWMAN, RONALD E.

CHANCE, PETER

MEREDITH, DOUGLAS