Kenora Great War Project

 

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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.

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Greenwood, Henry

Although he gave Whitemouth, Manitoba as the place of his birth on his attestation papers, Henry Greenwood, along with his twin sister Elizabeth, was born July 13, 1893 in Winnipeg. His father and mother had immigrated from England in 1892, first homesteading in Whitemouth, Manitoba for about two years before moving to Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora)…. Read More »

Bergstrom, Charles Oscar

Karl Oskar Bergström was born on 1 December 1895 in Söderhamn, Gävleborg, Sweden as supported by his Swedish birth record. His parents Lars Magnus Bergström and Maria Kajsa Larsdotter had married on 11 December 1886 in Söderhamn. Other children born to the family in Sweden were Johanna Elizabeth (1888), Johan Magnus (1890), Emma Amalia (1892),… Read More »

Hallett, Clarence Beamish

Although he gave Truro, Nova Scotia as his birth place, Clarence Beamish Hallett was born on 21 June 1886 in a small community just outside of Truro called Brookside. His father William Courtney Hallett was from Sussex, New Brunswick while his mother Florence Emma Cox was from Falmouth, Nova Scotia. The couple married on 5… Read More »

Ferguson, Julian Harcourt

Julian Harcourt Ferguson was born on 2 June 1895 in Barrie, Ontario. His father Thomas Roberts Ferguson, a barrister, was from the Cookstown area about thirty kilometres south of Barrie while his mother Etta May Hanmer was from nearby Bell Ewart. The couple married on 5 November 1890 in Toronto, giving birth to son Arthur… Read More »

Easterbrook, William James Arthur

Private William James Arthur Easterbrook enlisted in May 1916, at age 15. He served in Great Britain for a year before being returned to Canada as a minor. William was born in Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario on 4 March 1901. He was the oldest son of Fred Elmo Easterbrook and Edith Mary Coxon and he… Read More »

Gauthier, Louis Romeo

Private Louis Romeo Gauthier enlisted at age 16 and served in France and Belgium with the 52nd Battalion. He was seriously wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele and he died three months later, at age 18. Louis was the oldest son of Louis Leonide Gauthier and Josephine Albertine Harrison of Otterburne, Manitoba. According to census… Read More »

Maharg, Ivan Clark

Lieutenant Ivan Clark Maharg was a college student living in Brandon, Manitoba when he enlisted in the spring of 1916. He was killed in action in France on 29 September 1918, six weeks before the Armistice, while serving with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles. Ivan was born on 16 March 1897 in Teeswater, Bruce County,… Read More »

Dalmer, Herbert Alexander

Herbert Alexander Dalmer was born on 16 January 1899 in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Lancashire, England. His parents Ernest Alexander Dalmer, a gas fitter, and Emma Hester Shaw were both from Liverpool, marrying on 4 September 1892 in Toxeth, Liverpool. Children born to the couple in West Derby were Gladys Eugene (1894), Florence… Read More »

Biers, William James

Private William James Biers was called up in January 1918 and sent overseas seven months later. He served in Great Britain for a year, returning to Canada in August 1919. Willilam James, usually known as James, was the son of William Biers and Maria Hughes of Dunfermline, Saskatchewan. William and Maria were both born in… Read More »