This post provides information on each soldier's family background, military service and post-war life, where available.
Armsworthy, Buckley Andrew:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. Transferred to Royal Canadian Regiment in December 1916. Wounded (left hand) on July 4, 1917 and invalided to England. Subsequently diagnosed with varicose veins; also suffered several seizures in 1917. Diagnosed with epilepsy in October 1918 and invalided to Canada. Discharged March 11, 1919 as medically unfit.
Post-war: Died January 29, 1921 at Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow, NS. Cause of death listed as “abscess of brain,” attributed to military service. Laid to rest in All Saints Church Cemetery, Canso, NS.
Dort, David Duke:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. Transferred to 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada) in December 1916. Wounded April 9, 1917 (Vimy Ridge), shrapnel penetrating skull and brain. Invalided to England. Wounded a second time on August 22, 1917 in air raid while in England, suffering head and right leg injuries. Subsequently reported right leg paralysis. Invalided to Canada February 1918 and discharged July 1918. Suffered from seizures and diagnosed with “Jacksonian epilepsy, and admitted to Camp Hill Hospital for treatment. Died at Camp Hill on May 8, 1919. Laid to rest in Port Felix Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Dort, Leo Harold:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. Transferred to 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada) in December 1916. Wounded by artillery fire near Avion, France on July 4, 1917. Died of wounds before day’s end.
Euloth, Albert William:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. Married to Claire J. Green, one son at time of enlistment. Transferred to Canadian Machine Gun Pool in March 1918. Attached to 2nd Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps in August 1918. Gassed at Arras on September 7, 1918. Returned to the line in late October 1918. Discharged at Halifax in December 1919.
Post-war: Lived in Halifax area, raising a family of five children. Enlisted in Home Service during the Second World War. Passed away at Dartmouth, NS on February 1, 1945
Feltmate, Percy:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. Transferred to 25th Battalion in May 1917. Wounded in chest on November 6, 1917, rejoined unit on January 29, 1918. Killed in action near Mons, Belgium on November 7, 1918.
George, Leo Alexander:
Born March 12, 1897 at Halfway Cove, son of Joseph & Gertrude “Minnie” (King) George.
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. Transferred to 246th Battalion on September 1, 1916. Assigned to No. 6 Special Service Company, Halifax in October 1916. Departed for England in April 1918. Transferred to 85th Battalion in September 1918, reassigned to 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario) in October 1918. Served in France & Belgium with unit until war’s end. Discharged at Halifax on May 18, 1919. Re-enlisted with Special Guard, Canadian Military Police Corps from October 1919 to March 1920.
Post-war: Passed away on April 4, 1971, buried in All Saints Anglican Cemetery, Canso.
Giffin, Vincent Arthur:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Guysborough. Transferred to 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada) in December 1916. Re-assigned to 2nd Canadian Tunnelling Company in January 1917. Received severe shrapnel wound (right thigh) at Ypres, Belgium on July 7, 1917, leg amputated above right knee the following day. Invalided to England for recovery. Returned to Canada in November 1917 and discharged on October 31, 1918.
Post-war: Married Sarah Rose Aloy and had at least one son, Rupert. Worked as a telegrapher immediately after the war, later obtaining employment as a harbour policeman in Halifax. Passed away at Camp Hill Hospital, Halifax on July 26, 1959 and laid to rest in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Halifax.
Hendsbee, David Steele:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Guysborough. Transferred to 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada) in December 1916. Wounded in left arm (fractured bone) at Passchendaele, Belgium on November 4, 1917 and invalided to England. Returned to Canada and discharged at Halifax in January 1919.
Post-war: Married Tina Sophia Hendsby in 1919 and worked as a welfare officer in New Glasgow, NS. Passed away at Camp Hill Hospital, Halifax on July 27, 1961.
Jamieson, John Christopher:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Guysborough. Reported year of birth as 1898 at time of enlistment. No further information available.
Post-war: Married Hattie Viola Carter and had one son, Alonzo George. Passed away on October 19, 1945 at Fredericton, NB, laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery, Guysborough.
Lumsden, Albert Edward:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. Transferred to 85th Battalion on February 25, 1917. Wounded at Lens, France on June 29, 1917.
Post-war: Married Jennie Armsworthy on May 20, 1916, prior to departing for England. Raised family of five children after the war, while working at Trenton Steel Works. Passed away on November 3, 1967, laid to rest in Heatherdale Memorial Gardens, New Glasgow, NS.
MacIsaac, Joseph Manson:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso, NS. Year of birth recorded as 1897 on attestation papers. Transferred to 25th Battalion in May 1917. Killed in action near Maroc, France on July 21, 1917.
McMillan, Wallace Graham:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Guysborough. No additional service information available.
Post-war: Returned to Isaac’s Harbour and married, working as local customs collector. Passed away in October 1971 at age 81, laid to rest in Isaac’s Harbour United Church Cemetery.
McPherson, Wesley Whitfield:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Guysborough. No additional service information available.
Post-war: Married Martha A. Cook. Passed away at Fredericton Junction, NB in 1977.
Munroe, Abram Arthur:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. Transferred to 85th Battalion April 21, 1917. Wounded by artillery shrapnel near Lens, France on August 6, 1917—compound fracture, left thigh; left arm amputated the following day. Invalided to Canada and discharged December 1919.
Post-war: Married and relocated to central Canada. Passed away at Pickering, ON on January 30, 1935 from osteomyelitis of left femur, a complication related to his war wound. Laid to rest in Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto.
Munroe, Allan Ellsworth:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. Transferred to 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada) in December 1916. Killed in action at Vimy Ridge, France on April 9, 1917.
Munroe, Curtis Cleveland:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. No additional service information available.
Post-war: Married Levina Maud Dort, worked as a fisherman and lighthouse keeper in Queensport. Passed away on September 8, 1948 at St. Martha’s Hospital, Antigonish and laid to rest at Queensport.
Myers, Willard Spurgeon:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. Transferred to 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada) in December 1916. Promoted to rank of Corporal on August 31, 1918. Killed in action near Cambrai, France on September 29, 1918.
O’Haley [Haley], Simon:
Born October 28, 1897 at Port Felix, son of John Adam & Natalie (Richard) Haley.
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. Transferred to 85th Battalion on July 29, 1917. Killed in action at Drucourt-Quéant, France on September 2, 1918.
Rossong, Charles:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. No additional service information available.
Post-war: No information available.
Snow, John William:
Born June 2, 1893 at Canso, son of Henry Seymour & Emmeline Almira Ann (Feltmate) Snow.
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso, NS. No additional service information available.
Post-war: Married Myrtle Lavinia Warrington at Halifax on July 26, 1921. No additional information available.
Snyder, Abner Lohnes:
Born June 29, 1900 at Halfway Cove, son of George Christopher & Maude Abigail (Dort) Snyder.
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Guysborough. Birth year recorded as 1898 on attestation papers. Transferred to 85th Battalion on July 29, 1917. Wounded at Oppy on March 30, 1918, rejoined battalion on August 15, 1918. Transferred to Canadian Corps Reinforcement Centre (CCRC) on October 18, 1918.
Post-war: Married Violet Margaret Chisholm at New Glasgow on October 6, 1926, subsequently raising a family of three children. Worked as a barber in the New Glasgow area and later as a Commissionaire in Halifax. Passed away in 1968.
Swaine, John William:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. Transferred to 85th Battalion on April 13, 1917. Killed in action at Éleu-dit-Leauwette, France on June 28, 1917.
Uloth, Frederick Louis:
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. No additional service information available.
Post-war: Relocated to the United States. No additional information available.
Uloth, Richard Alphonso:
Born February 20, 1890 at Cole Harbour, son of Henry Allen & Mary Jane (Fitzgerald) Uloth. Brother of Frederick Louis Uloth.
Enlistment: 193rd Battalion at Canso. No additional service information available.
Post-war: Married Olga Margaret Ehler at Guysborough on April 6, 1922 and raised a family of five. Worked as a fisherman in the Guysborough area. Passed away at St. Martha’s Hospital, Antigonish on December 5, 1978 and laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery, Guysborough.
Wilson, Lambert Ernest:
Born April 27, 1894 at Country Harbour, son of Augustine & Ida Elizabeth (Mason) Wilson.
Enlistment: 224th Canadian Forestry Battalion at New Glasgow. No additional service information available.
Post-war: Married Dora Bella MacMillan at Argyle, NS on August 19, 1933 and raised a family of two children while living at Cross Roads Country Harbour. Passed away at Camp Hill Hospital, Halifax on March 5, 1966 and laid to rest in Cross Roads Country Harbour Cemetery.
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