Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Brough, John Alexander

John Alexander Brough was born on 26 February 1896, birth registered in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. His father John Allen Brough was from the Northwest Territories while his mother Harriet Sanderson was from Manitoba. The couple married on 1 February 1889 in Portage la Prairie. Alex had two older siblings, Mary Ann (b 1891) and… Read More »

Shouldice, Joseph

Joseph Erwin Shouldice was born on 28  April 1897 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father Joseph Shouldice was from the Gatineau River/Wakefield area of Quebec and had come west to Winnipeg in 1877 to work on CPR construction. His mother Christina Sutherland was from West River, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. The couple… Read More »

Robertson, Ranald Alexander

Sapper Ranald Alexander Robertson enlisted in December 1915 and served overseas for more than three years with the Canadian Engineers. He returned to Canada in May 1919. Ranald was the son of Angus Alexander Robertson and Christina McDonald of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Angus was a farmer born in Lochiel Township, Glengarry County, Canada West (Ontario). Christina… Read More »

Belanger, Alfred Leon

Private Alfred Leon Belanger enlisted in the spring of 1918 and served overseas for eight months. He returned to Canada with his unit, the 52nd Battalion, in March 1919. Alfred was the son of Joseph Belanger and Adelaide Fisher of St. Boniface, Manitoba. Joseph was from Quebec and Adelaide was born and raised in Manitoba…. Read More »

Wilson, William

According to his later marriage record and obituary, William Wilson, the son of John and Annie Wilson, was born on 12 August 1895 in County Donegal in Northern Ireland. However he was the son of Mary Anne Sproule and was born on 14 August 1893 in the workhouse in Letterkenny, Donegal. By the time of… Read More »

Smith, John Wesley

Jack and Jessie Smith John Wesley (Jack) Smith was one of three brothers, the oldest of seven sons of Charles Alexander Smith of Keewatin, to enlist during the Great War. John Wesley and his brother Leonard Edward served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, while son Charles Henry Smith served with the U.S. Army John Wesley… Read More »

Bullen, John Crellin

Private John Crellin Bullen was the only son of John Bullen and Marian Crellin of Cheshire, England. His parents were both born in Liverpool and they were married there in 1889. They had two daughters, Mary Elizabeth (1890) and Grace Emily (1893). John, their third and youngest child, was born in January 1900 in Seacombe,… Read More »

Dauphin, Leonard George

Sapper Leonard George Dauphin enlisted in Victoria, British Columbia in November 1915 and served overseas for three years. He survived gas poisoning and influenza and returned home in April 1919. Leonard was the only child of Joseph Dauphin and his wife Annie Belleau. Joseph and Annie were both born in Quebec but by the time… Read More »

Nolin, Joseph

Private Joseph Nolin enlisted on 26 July 1918 in Port Arthur, Ontario. According to his attestation he was born on 6 May 1882 in Lévis, Quebec and next of kin was his father Frank Nolin in Lévis. Joseph was single, living in the Kenora area and working as a lumberman when he enlisted. He joined… Read More »

Dalin, Andrew

Andrew Dalin’s name appeared in the 10 June 1916 edition  of the Kenora Miner and News for enlisting with the 197th Battalion. His identity and service could not be confirmed.