Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 153 COOLEN, Reuben Perry WWI Reuben was born in Fox Point, Nova Scotia on October 29, 1891 to Levi and Ellen Coolen. Reuben enlisted in the Army in Halifax on February 2, 1916 and served with the 25th Battalion Canadian Infantry Nova Scotia Regiment in Europe during World War I. On August 19, 1918, Reuben was killed in action in Rouen, France and is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, France. Submitted by F. E. Butler Branch #044, The Royal Canadian Legion CORKUM, Leslie Ainsworth WWII Leslie was born in Chester, Nova Scotia on November 17, 1922, the eldest child of four to Edward and Birdette Corkum. After graduating high school, he completed a wartime emergency training program machinist course and worked at Trenton gun shop initially for approximately one year joining the RCAF from there and was sent to Moncton for Elementary Aero engine course and was then sent to Lachine for basic training. He went from Lachine to Saint Thomas for final mechanical training and was then posted to Dauphin, SFTS #10, where he served nearly three years as an Aero engine. #10SFTS was part of the British Commonwealth training program, under which, all the allied Air Forces were trained. Near the end of the war, 1945, he was transferred to Moncton, and was re-posted to Pennfield, and then on to Halifax and was discharged from there. Leslie is a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 9 for 33 years. Submitted Independently DEWAR, Gordon McCoul WWII Gordon was born in Wallace, Nova Scotia in 1923. He served with the Air Force during World War II with the RCAF Electrical Reserve General Section Class E in Canada, England, France, and Germany. Gordon received the France and Germany Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion in Wallace Gordon passed away in 1994. Submitted by Peace Branch #060, The Royal Canadian Legion
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