Tag: Hallu Eight

  • Private Thomas Allan Bennett in the Great War

    Private Thomas Allan Bennett in the Great War

    Possibly one of the Hallu Eight Private Thomas Allan Bennett 148073 born 8 April 1895 in Kars, Ontario (a village on the Rideau River within Rideau-Goulbourn Ward in the city of Ottawa). A Methodist and carpenter by trade. Son of Daniel Charles Bennett and Louisa Jane Bennett, of 583 Alverstone Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Attestation of…

  • The Hallu Eight in the Great War

    The Hallu Eight in the Great War

    CEFRG presents the story of the Hallu Eight in the Great War. Lieutenant Clifford Abram Neelands, Winnipeg Grenadiers, of the Hallu Eight, and the missing men of the German Alpine Korps in the Great War is a fascinating case.  The Hallu Eight – Winnipeg Grenadiers, discovered by then teen aged boy, Fabien Demeusere on his…