Category: Soldiers
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Gunner Charles Frank Hamm MM in the Great War
Gunner Charles Frank Hamm MM 1039641 born 10 January 1890 in Valley City, Illinois. A teamster, with 3 years previous service in 2nd Cavalry, U.S. Army. He attested with 239th Railway Construction Corps, 26 September 1916 in Montreal. Frank stood 5′ 10″ tall, 146 pounds, with fair complexion, brown eyes and brown hair. He was…
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Sergeant Henry George Sivertz in the Great War
Military Medal & Two Bars Sergeant Henry George Sivertz 707191 born 15 November 1893 in Victoria. B.C. He stood 5′ 6″ tall, 150 pounds, with fresh complexion, blue eyes and fair hair. He was Lutheran and a school teacher. Two brothers also served, Gustave Sivertz 707210, 103rd Battalion (2nd C.M.R.), wounded severely at Vimy went…
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Lance Corporal Henry Norwest MM & Bar in the Great War
There is a special place for warriors like him. He was a peculiar character. Very silent, very intent. Henry Louie served as Lance Corporal Henry Norwest MM & Bar 435684, son of Louis & Genevieve Louie, of Sacred Heart, Alberta. Born in 1884, Henry was of Métis French-Cree descent. Henry became one of the most…
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Sergeant Harry Band in the Great War
The Crucified Canadian Sadly, for the family of Sergeant Harry Band, identified by various sources as the Crucified Canadian during the Great War. Soldiers feared only one thing more than dying in the war – not to be recovered from the battlefield, and presumed missing. Furthermore, soldiers knew their family would find no comfort in…
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Private Joseph Standing Buffalo in the Great War
Sinte Wakana Zuzuheceda Sinte Wakana Grandson of Chief Sitting Bull Private Joseph Standing Buffalo a Sioux Dakota from Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, son of Grand Chief Julius Standing Buffalo, and Alma, of Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, grandson of Chief Sitting Bull. Buffalo enlisted in the Canadian Forces during the Great War and killed-in-action on 29 September 1918…
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Nursing Sister Helen Donaldson Shearer RRC in the Great War
Nursing Sister (Lieutenant) Helen Donaldson Shearer born 8 May 1888 in Brockville, Ontario to William and Sarah Shearer. In addition, Helen married Captain William Wallace Chipman, C.A.M.C., who had a brother in the Canadian Field Artillery, Acting Bombardier Charles Clifford Chipman. Enlistment Helen Donaldson Shearer attested 5 January 1916 at Kingston, Ontario. She was Presbyterian.…
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Lieutenant Harcus Mateus Strachan VC MC in the Great War
FACTA NON VERBA Lieutenant Harcus Mateus Strachan rose from the rank of Private to become a Major by the end of the Great War. Later, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Second World War, commanding the 1st Battalion, Edmonton Fusiliers. Serving with the Fort Garry Horse of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade, Strachan twice decorated in 1917 when…
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Sapper William Canada in the Great War
Sapper William Patrin Kennedy 718455 served as William Canada with the 107th Pioneer Battalion, CEF in the Great War. An Indigenous soldier, in addition, William had four younger brothers all serving with the CEF, older brother of Jack Canada 718459, Herbert Canada 721885, Archie Canada 922773 and Andrew Canada 718842. William married to his wife,…
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Gunner Kenneth MacLeod MacDonald in the Great War
Gunner Kenneth MacLeod MacDonald born 21 July 1895 in Arnprior, Ontario. Son of John Alexander Macdonald, and Genevieve O. Macdonald, of Toronto. Enlistment Gunner Kenneth MacLeod MacDonald 83151 a butcher, standing 5′ 8″ tall, 160 pounds, with medium complexion, grey eyes and brown hair. In addition, he was Wesleyan, and attested on 9 January 1915…
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Private Charles Edwin Jones in the Great War
He was one of the best that God could send. A loving brother, a faithful friend. Private Charles Edwin Jones 820384 born 1 October 1896 in Listowel, Ontario and attested on 15 March 1916 at Fort Frances, Port Arthur. At the time, he stood 5’7″ tall, 160 pounds, with dark complexion, brown eyes and dark…