Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 175 RHODENIZER, Andrew David WWII Andrew was born in Lunenburg, NS, in 1918, and served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders in Belgium, Holland, crossing Rhine River, crossing Lier River, and Germany. He received the France-Germany Star and the George VI VID, also the Thank You Canada 1945/Amsterdam Medal. Andrew passed away on March 23, 2006. Submitted by William Rhodenhiser. RHULAND, William Harold WWI William served in the 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) and was listed as missing on October 30, 1917. He was killed during the Highlanders successful, yet very costly, attack on an objective known to the troops by its battle designator of “Vienna Cottage” just west of the town of Passchendaele. William is memorialized on a regimental monument that now stands on the “start line” of their final battle overlooking the Vienna Cottage. His body was never recovered and he is formally memorialized upon the walls of the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium. Submitted by Mahone Bay Branch #049 of The Royal Canadian Legion. RING, Vernon WWII Vernon was born in Kentville, Yarmouth County, in 1920. He joined the RCASC (1942-1946), serving in Canada, England and Europe. He returned to Yarmouth County and worked as a trucker until his retirement. He now lives in South Ohio with his wife, Ruth. Submitted by Carleton Consolidate Branch #167 of The Royal Canadian Legion. RHYNO, George Edgar WWI &WWII Ed, son of William and Anna Rhyno of Sheet Harbour, was born in 1895. He was recruited in 1917, and fought at Vimy Ridge and in the trenches in France. He enlisted again during WWII and was part of the Veterans Guard. He was a guard at the Welland Canal checking for Germans who might show up. He guarded the bridge in the daytime and the bank of the canal at night. He went back to Timmins after the war and worked in a gold mine. In later years, he returned to Upper Stewiacke and died there in 1959. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
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