A38156
Highland Light Infantry, Captain

Born: Tavistock, ON
Died: November 21st 1964, Brantford
Attended: Tavistock Public and
Continuation Schools, Stratford Business College
After School: Farm machinery repair, sales and automotive salesman, shipping clerk
Enlisted: June 19th 1940, Kitchener
Trained: Canada and England Camouflage and Demolition School
Served: Canada, United Kingdom
Medal: Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
Discharged: June 11th 1946
After the War: Sales Representative
Family: Parents - Andrew Baechler and Susanna Sommers
Wife - Isabel Anne McFarlane (m. 1925)
Daughter - Lorraine (Mrs. Donald Hill)
Son - David
Comments: Enlisted as a Private and was one of the first three N.C.O.'s to be commissioned in 1943 without attending Officers Training. As Demolitions Officer at Camp Ipperwash, he trained soldiers to battle overseas and was told later that they felt wellprepared for actual battle conditions