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

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Johns, Frederick Thomas

Frederick Thomas Johns was born on 8 September 1878 in Barna, Galway, Ireland. He was the son of William Johns and Ellen Glanville and had at least three brothers, Samuel, John, and Edward, and four sisters Ellen, Elizabeth, Winnie, and Rose. Frederick enlisted with the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles in Dublin on 16 May… Read More »

Baxendale, William James

William James Baxendale was born 07 October 1898 in Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario.  His parents were James Thomas and Amelia Maria Baxendale. He had two older sisters – Violet and Myrtle.  His father worked as a car inspector/repairer for the CPR. William received his education in Kenora. In November of 1915 he commenced working for… Read More »

Fullerton, Elmer Garfield

Flight Second Lieutenant Elmer Garfield Fullerton enlisted in June 1916 and served with the Signal section of the Canadian Engineers before becoming a pilot in 1918. After the war he had a long and successful career with the Royal Canadian Air Force and in 1973 he was inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame. Elmer… 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 »

Morrison, William Alexander

William Alexander Morrison was born on 15 February 1899 in the Rat Portage area (later named Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. His father Angus John Morrison was from Orillia, Ontario while his mother Elizabeth (Lizzie) Paterson was from Dundee, Scotland. Marrying on 4 December 1889 in Rat Portage, both were living in Norman, a small community… Read More »

Wark, Arthur Goodwin

Arthur Goodwin Wark was born on 8 August 1884 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. His parents William Wark and Rachel Goodwin, both from Ontario, married on 31 July 1878 in Toronto. The couple gave birth to son Thomas Edward the next year in Toronto where William was working as a labourer. The family then moved… Read More »

Cherry, Thomas Cecil

Thomas Cecil Cherry was born on 21 December 1895 in Keewatin, Ontario.  His parents were Thomas Joseph Cherry and Caroline Hawkin. Siblings included John Joseph Roland, Agnes, Marion and Norah. Cecil’s father was born in Ireland and immigrated to Canada 1871. He was a Reeve for Keewatin in 1907 and 1908 becoming Keewatin’s first Mayor… Read More »

Hudson, Clifford Ross

Acting Sergeant Clifford Ross Hudson enlisted in March 1916 and served in the UK for two and a half years, most of that time with the Canadian Army Pay Corps. After the war he lived in Winnipeg and had a very successful curling career. Clifford was the younger of two sons of Frederick Albert Hudson… Read More »

Lajeunesse, Antoine Armand

Antoine ‘Armand’ Lawrence Lajeunesse born August 10, 1891 was the first of at least 6 children of Antoine Baptiste Lajeunesse and Olive Lacombe.   He was born  in Montebello, Quebec, the town where his parents married   in 1889.   By the census year of 1901 the family had moved to Rat Portage (known later… Read More »

Humphreys, Hugh Gordon Albert

Signaller Hugh Gordon Albert Stuart Humphreys enlisted in 1917 at age 18 and served for two years in Canada and England. He enlisted again in the Second World War then continued to have a career in the armed forces until 1958, attaining the rank of Captain. Hugh Gordon Albert Stuart, sometimes known as Bert, was… Read More »