Kenora Great War Project

 

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

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Land, Moses

According to his attestation papers, Moses Land was born on 15 April 1896 in White Dog, Ontario. Presently called Wabaseemong, White Dog is/was an Ojibwa  reserve located 120 km northwest of Kenora, Ontario. His parents were Andrew and Nancy Land. The 1891 Canada census found the family listed in  the district of Algoma, Keewatin North…. Read More »

Fisher, Robert Davidson

Robert Davidson Fisher was the son of Robert Armour Fisher and Mary Jane Davidson. His father Robert also signed up at the same time in Kenora, Ontario. On his attestation papers he had lied about his year of birth, stating that it was 1897. It was  discovered later that he was underage when he joined up… Read More »

Sinclair, Levi Wilmot

Kenora’s David George Sinclair and his wife Eliza Ann Bock had four sons that served in WW1 – Leslie Foster John (born 1887), Levi Wilmot (born 1893), Roy Frederick (born 1895) and Benjamin Elton (born 1899). The family arrived in Rat Portage (Kenora) in 1903 and settled north of town in the rural area of… Read More »

Sullivan, Dan

In an article published by the Kenora Miner and News on 5 April 1916, the name of Dan Sullivan was reported as going to Winnipeg to join his unit, Strathcona Horse. His identity and service could not be confirmed.  

Cain, Alice Louise

Alice Louise Cain was born on 4 December 1886 in Douglas, Isle of Man. Her father Robert Edward Cain was from Douglas while her mother Anna Scadden was from Wirral in Cheshire. The couple married on 23 March 1875 in Liverpool. Over the years Robert’s occupation was given as joiner, builder, and contractor. The family… Read More »

Benoiton, Etienne

Etienne Benoiston (later changed to Benoîton once in Canada) was born on 1 January 1869 in Malville, Savenay, France. His parents were Benoist Benoiston and Francoise Brizay. In 1889 Etienne joined the French Army, his service booklet describing him as having chГўtains (auburn) hair, grey eyes, ordinary forehead, average nose, round jaw, average mouth, and… Read More »

McClatchie, Glen

Second Corporal Glen McClatchie enlisted with a railway unit in January 1917 and served in France and Belgium for two years. Glen was born in Plainville, Wisconsin and grew up in the nearby town of Tomah. His parents were James and Mattie McClatchie. James, a lumber scaler, had four children with his first wife Cornelia:… Read More »

Dawson, Evans William

Sapper Evans William Dawson was called up for service in March 1918, at age 27. He served in France with the Canadian Engineers in the last months of the war, returning to Canada in May 1919. Evans was the son of Albert Dawson and Sedith Morningstar of Dawn Township, Lambton County, Ontario. His parents were… Read More »

McMaster, Charles Wellington

Charles was one of those recruits who faked his birth date when he enlisted for the Canadian army but unlike most recruits who fibbed about their ages, he took three years off his life instead of adding them on. He was 37 at the time. The army’s age limits were 18 years to 45 years… Read More »

Dobson, Jabez Roy

Private Jabez Roy Dobson enlisted in Edmonton in July 1915 and served in France and Belgium with the 49th Battalion. He was wounded at the Somme in September 1916 and invalided back to Canada five months later to continue his medical treatment. Jabez was the oldest son of Luke John Dobson and Mary Irwin of… Read More »