Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 159 MARTIN, Jean Elizabeth WWII & PEACETIME Jean was born in Tummel, Manitoba in 1918. She enlisted on February 5, 1942 and worked as a cook in Borden, ON, and Patricia Bay, BC. She did her basic training in in Trenton, ON. She completed her culinary training at the RCAF School of Cookery, No.4 Wireless School in Guelph, ON and was posted to Camp Borden where she eventually ran the officers’mess. Towards the end of her military career she was posted to Patricia Bay. She received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the War Medal 1939-1945. Jean was discharged on December 5, 1945. Submitted by Peace Branch #060, The Royal Canadian Legion MARTIN, Peter David SPECIAL DUTYAREA & PEACETIME Peter was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1959. He joined the Canadian Forces in September 1983 and was posted to HMCS Huron in 1984. He served on HMCS Protector in January 1991 during the Gulf War. He sailed on HMCS Charlottetown from January to July 2001 and from October 2001 to March 2002 on HMCS Preserver in the Persian Gulf. He sailed on AOR, 280 and CPF class ships throughout his career. Peter retired in 2009. For his service, he was awarded the Gulf/Kuwait Medal with Bar, SWASM with Bar, Special Service Medal with NATO Bar, Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal and Canadian Forces’ Decoration. He is a sixteen-year member of Ortona Branch 69 of The Royal Canadian Legion. Submitted by Ortona Branch #069, The Royal Canadian Legion MARTIN, Ralph Charles Edward WWII Ralph was born in Saint John, New Brunswick on the July 14, 1921, to parents Charles Stanley Martin and Asta E. May Larsen. He enlisted in the Canadian Army on the September 3, 1939 serving with the Saint John Fusiliers of Saint John, NB. He served overseas in Aldershot, England as a dispatch driver where he was injured in a motorcycle accident while on duty. His War Department Driving Permit (1944-45) states that Pte. Martin was five feet ten inches tall, weighed 186 pounds with brown hair and eyes and was licensed to drive vehicles in Groups I, III, and IV. His service to Canada concluded at the end of World War II in 1945. Ralph was a proud member of Breton Branch 8 of The Royal Canadian Legion in Sydney Mines. He passed away in 2000. Submitted Independently
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