Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Gray, Norman

Private Norman Gray immigrated to Canada from England in May 1914, three months before the war started. He enlisted in February 1916 and served with the 85th Battalion in France and Belgium. Norman was born on 11 October 1890 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. His father William James Gray was a carpenter from Chatham, Kent and… Read More »

Gomez, John Orton

According to his attestation papers, Jean (later known as John Orton) Gomez was born on 12 July 1893 in Provincia Leon La Basilica Sopenia in Spain. However his later obituary and grave marker gave the date of birth as 12 June 1888. With the year of birth as 1893, Jean arrived in Quebec aboard the… Read More »

Bunting, Joseph Robert

Private Joseph Robert Bunting was called up in January 1918 and he served in France with the 72nd Battalion. He was wounded twice but he survived the war and returned home in January 1919. Joseph Robert was the youngest son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Bunting of North Vancouver, British Columbia. His parents were both… Read More »

Twaduklum, Philip

Records are sketchy for Philip Twaduklum but here is what we know: – he was born in Bosrab, Russia on 12 December 1886, son of Nikit Twaduklum (Attestation) – he came to Canada in 1908 (1921 Census) – not found in 1911 Canadian Census Philip enlisted with the 227th ‘Men of the North’ Battalion in… Read More »

Mullin, John Alexander McDonald

Sergeant John Alexander McDonald Mullin was a dentist living in Kenora, Ontario when he enlisted in the spring of 1916. He joined the Canadian Army Dental Corps and served overseas for two years. John was born on 6 July 1880 in Brampton, Ontario, the youngest of at least eight children. His parents were John Turner… Read More »

Broley, Hubert James

Hubert James Broley was born on 25 December 1898 in Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario. His parents were James Albert Broley and Annie Hoey who had married in Barrie, Ontario on Valentine’s Day 1894. James’ occupation was given as farmer on the marriage record but over the years he worked as a carpenter and in various… Read More »

Hemmings, Fred

Frederick Henams was baptized on 21 December 1862 in Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets in London, England. He was the son of Frederick Henams (1831-1936), woodcutter and firewood dealer, and Emma Ann Impey (1839-1920), both born in Bethnal Green. Frederick Sr and Emma married on 12 August 1855 in Bethnal Green. Known children born to the… Read More »

Burke, Thomas

Thomas Burke was born on 4 December 1884 in Berwick on Tweed (aka Berwick), Northumberland in England. His father Martin Burke was from Tweedmouth (now a part of Berwick) and his mother Ellen Blondin was from Berwick, the couple marrying in 1879 in Berwick. At the time of the 1881 census the family was living… Read More »

Sutherland, John

John Sutherland was born on 8 September 1891 in Halkirk, Caithness in northern Scotland. His father James Sutherland, a farmer, was from Latheron while his mother Isabella Jane Ross was from Thurso, both in Caithness. The couple married on 29 October 1878 in Blythswood in Glasgow. Children born to the family were Christina Munro (1879),… Read More »

Hansen, Allan Nelson

Gunner Allan Nelson Hansen enlisted in 1916 and spent two years overseas with the Canadian Field Artillery. Three of his brothers also served in the war. Allan was the son of Nils (Nels) Julius Hansen and his wife Ellen Nilson. Nils and Ellen both immigrated to Canada in the 1880s, Nils from Norway and Ellen… Read More »