October 20, 2022 11:13am
An annual ceremony honouring local veterans will take place in Owen Sound.
A release from the Billy Bishop Museum and Royal Canadian Legion Branch 6 in Owen Sound says that the 22nd annual Honouring Our Local Veterans Ceremony will be held on Sunday, October 23 at the legion. The event will be at 2 p.m. and people are welcome to attend live or view it via livestream. This year, eight veterans from Grey and Bruce will be honoured for their service and sacrifice.
The ceremony is a free public event and is meant to help honour and support local veterans in the lead up to Remembrance Day.
Streams of the event can be accessed here:
Rogers Cable Channel 53
https://www.rogerstv.com/home?lid=14&rid=50
https://www.facebook.com/ROGERStvGreyCounty
https://www.youtube.com/c/ROGERStvofficial/featured
The event will be archived by Rogers and will also be available on http://www.billybishopmuseum.org or the Billy Bishop Museum Facebook page.
This year’s honourees are:
Able Seaman Audrey Chester Coultis, Royal Canadian Navy, a Second World War Veteran who sailed with the Atlantic Coast Command, Operations, North West Atlantic based in Halifax.
Leading Aircraftman Elwood Moore, Royal Canadian Air Force, a Radar Technician attached to 68 Squadron RAF, stationed in Swansea, South Wales during the Second World War.
Private Harry George Tucker, Royal Regiment of Canada, a technical storeman in the Signal Section, one of 272 fatal casualties of the Royals on August 19, 1942, during the Dieppe Raid.
James (Jim) Cohen, Royal Canadian Regiment, a wireless operator during the Korean War.
Aircraftwoman Joan Mavis Cracknell, Royal Canadian Air Force – Women’s Division, was a Wireless Operator who received messages in Morse Code from naval ships in the Pacific Theatre.
Master Warrant Officer Kenneth Surridge, Canadian Armed Forces, with 6 tours including Bosnia and Afghanistan over a 35 year career in the Armed Forces he is an Infantry man through and through.
Chief Warrant Officer Lawrence Victor James Surridge, Canadian Armed Forces, enlisted with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in 1973 and would serve for 36 years with tours in Cyprus, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, spent one year in El Gorah, Egypt.
Master Warrant Officer Wayne Kennie, Canadian Armed Forces, with over 27 years of service MWO Kennie was deployed to Cyprus, Bosnia and Afghanistan.