VSRB Vol 5 - Royal Canadian Legion

Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion
LAMONT, Douglas Richard
WWII
Douglas was born in 1922 and joined the Army in 1942. He went overseas that
same year, serving in England at the Advance Wireless School and later was active
in the invasions of Sicily and mainland Italy. He was wounded at Moro River, Italy,
in 1943 and had a leg amputated. After the war, he was employed by Prosthetic
Services. He and his wife, Helen, bought a home in Middle Stewiacke in 1976 and
lived there a number of years. He is now living in Truro.
Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
LANGILLE, Edwin
WWI
Edwin was the son of Victoria Oickle (formerly Langille). He joined the CEF on
June 3, 1918 and was assigned to 260 Battalion of the CEF. His battalion was one
of two infantry battalions assigned to the Canadian Expedition Force (Siberia) or
simply C.S.E.F. Edwin did not make it to Siberia and was killed in training in British
Columbia on November 27, 1918, just 3 months after his twentieth birthday. Edwin
is buried in plot W 4E 43 in the Victoria (Ross Bay) Cemetery, Victoria, BC.
Submitted by Mahone Bay Branch #049 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
LOCKERBIE, Arthur J. V.
WWII
Arthur was born in Kouchibouguac, NB, in 1921. In 1941, after a period of study, he completed formal communications
training and in 1942 joined the Merchant Navy. His first shipboard activity was aboard the RANDA sailing between
Canada and the United Kingdom. In the latter part of 1942, he began sailing in the Salvage Tugs out of Halifax, hauling
damaged ships from around the Atlantic shoreline. Many of the damaged vessels were the result of being torpedoed.
In September 1943, Arthur joined an Oil Tanker sailing from South America to Canada and carrying Bunker C from
Montreal to Halifax to St. John’s, NL, in support of the Corvette Frigate Fleet. He commenced living in Sydney, NS,
in 1946, was married to his wife, Meta, in 1950. They are the proud parents of three sons and one daughter. Arthur and
Meta reside on Ainsley Street, Sydney, NS. He is a member of the Sydney Branch #012 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
Submitted by Sydney Branch #012 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
LOGAN, Gerald Dykeman
WWII
Gerald was born in 1918 in Caribou Gold Mines, son of George and Nellis (Worrell)
Logan, and served in WWII with the RCAF and was based in Leeds, England. He
married Abigail Sullivan of Cobalt, ON. After the war, they resided in various places
before moving to Upper Stewiacke Village, where they lived for many years. Gerald
passed away in 2008.
Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
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