Gareth, or “Lester” as he is better known, is a serving Officer currently stationed with the Canadian Component NATO Airborne Early Warning Force (CC-NAEWF) in Geilenkirchen, Germany. He is a “Weaponeer” on the Mission Crew of the AWACS. Since coming to Europe, he has started to expand his knowledge on Canadians in WW1 on the Western Front and as a result discovered the Maple Leaf Legacy Project though a trip to (amongst others) the Flanders Region of Belgium.