Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 107 HAMM, Maurice WWI Maurice was a 20-year-old clerk when he joined the CEF on November 1, 1917. He had been born in Mahone Bay and listed his mother, Mary Hamm of Mahone Bay. as his NOK. Maurice went overseas with the 10th Siege Battery of the Canadian Garrison Artillery and was stricken by the Spanish influenza on November 8, 1918. He returned to Mahone Bay in the spring of 1919 in a much weakened condition. On March 10, 1922, Maurice succumbed to the effects of that influenza. Submitted by Mahone Bay Branch #049 of The Royal Canadian Legion. HAMMOND, Thomas Edward WWI Thomas was a 28-year-old labourer from Scarsdale when he enlisted on September 18, 1915 in Sussex, NB. In early September 1916, the Canadian Corps was ordered to France to take part in the ongoing Somme Campaign. He was reported as missing during the fighting around Courcelette on September 17, 1916. His body was never recovered and he is memorialized along with 11,169 Canadians who were killed in France and have no known grave on the Vimy Memorial. Submitted by Mahone Bay Branch #049 of The Royal Canadian Legion. HANSEN, Glen SPECIALAREADUTY Glen was born in Oxbow, SK, in 1947 and joined the RCN/CAF. He was a member of the Calais Branch #162 of The Royal Canadian Legion for thirty years. He received the CD 11, and the SSM. Glen passed away in 2008. Submitted by Calais Branch #162 of The Royal Canadian Legion. HANDSPIKER, Robert F. PEACETIME Robert was born in Digby, NS, in 1940 and served on the Bonaventure, Athabaskan, Alconquin, Protecteur, Cornwallis RCNH, Stadacona, CFH, Petawawa CMED and the Comd Surg Staff. He received the CD (2), OSJ. He was a Federal Firefighter for twenty years and a Provincial Firefighter for 25 years. He served in the Medical Branch from 1960-1987 and retired in 1987. Robert is a Life Member of the Digby Branch # 20 of The Royal Canadian Legion. Submitted by Digby Branch #020 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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