2011 Convention – Penticton, BC - Legion

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Thomson, Robert Hunter (Bob)
Bob was born in Scotland on March 19, 1919. His family immigrated to Canada and Bob
joined the Militia’s 1 st Battalion (Edmonton Regiment) in 1938 and in 1939, enlisted in
the Army at Drumheller, Alberta. Serving with the 8 th Field Ambulance RCAMC, he then
transferred as a gunner to the 1 st Anti-Tank Regiment and then to the 3 rd Field Regiment.
Wounded in 1942, Bob re-mustered in 1943 as a Signalman, trained to parachute behind
enemy lines. Bob served in Canada, the UK, the Central Mediterranean Area and
Continental Europe until his discharge as a Lance Corporal on August 18 th , 1945. He
received the 1939-45 Star, the Italy Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence
Medal, the War Medal, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Bob
enlisted again in 1946 and in 1947 was posted to Baker Lake, NWT with the Royal
Canadian Signal Corps. He completed his term at Edmonton in 1948. In 1949, Bob reengaged
at Kingston, ON and was posted to Rivers, MB. Bob was honourably released
on June 23 rd , 1955. He was killed in a car accident near Kelowna, BC on May 16, 1959.
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Theriault, Robert G. (Bob)
Bob was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1930. His family moved to Creston,
BC when he was young. Bob enlisted in the Navy in October 1948 at HMCS
Tecumseh and did new entry training at HMCS Naden, and communication
training at HMCS Stadacona. He served on HMCS Ontario, Cayuga,
Antigonish, Crusader, Crescent, Digby, St. Laurent, and St. Croix. He
served in Korea in 1950 and 1951 on HMCS Cayuga and in 1953 and 1954
on HMCS Crusader. In 1952, Bob did a cruise around South America on
HMCS Ontario and a world cruise on HMCS St. Laurent and HMCS St.
Croix in 1964. He was released in November 1969 at HMCS Naden. Bob
lives in Victoria, BC, where he is a member of the Chief and Petty Officers
Association and Trafalgar/Pro Patria Legion Branch #292.
Tilbert, Robert (Bob)
Bob was born in Cambridge, Saskatchewan. He enlisted in the Army in
Regina and did basic training in Orillia and his advanced training at Camp
Borden, Ontario. He was sent to England in March 1944 where his 2/14
Calgary Tank Regiment received their Ram tanks which were replaced
within a month by Shermans. He served in Belgium and Holland and was
with the Occupation Forces in Germany for eleven months. Bob returned to
Canada in April 1946 and was discharged on June 4, 1946. He moved to
Lumby, BC because of his health and has been a member of Legion Branch
#167 there for thirty years.
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