Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 53 CAMPBELL, William WWI William enlisted on March 8, 1916 at Port Hawkesbury and went to Broughton and joined the 185th Battalion and went in June to Aldershot Camp completing his training there and sailing for England on October 13, 1916 and was stationed at Witley Camp, Surrey until March 1, 1918 when he left in a draft for the Royal Canadian Regiment in France and served on the Arras front and took an active part in the big drive of August 8. He was hit by shrapnel from an exploding shell being wounded in the left thigh and right wrist and was sent to the Dorchester V.A.D. Hospital and from there to Epsom for convalescent treatment, returning home at the time of demobilization. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion. CARTER, Frank Leslie WWI & WWII Frank was born in Phillip’s Harbour, NS on October 28, 1894 and served with the Canadian Army Active Force during WWI and with the Pictou Highlanders in WWII. He was a Life member of the Torbay Branch #117. Frank passed away on October 25, 1986 and will always be remembered and respected for his years of service. Submitted by the Torbay Branch #117 of The Royal Canadian Legion. CARVER, Byron Randolph WWII Byron, son of Gerton and Zilliah (Smith) was born in Caledonia, Queens Co. on November 18, 1918 and enlisted on November 30, 1939 in the Western Nova Scotia Regiment. He left for overseas on December 21, 1939 arriving in Scotland on December 31, 1939. He landed in Sicily on July 10, 1943. Byron was wounded in action in April, 1945 with a bullet wound in his right elbow. When he returned to Canada, he was employed by the Mersey Paper Co. working on the boats repairing the boilers. He received numerous medals. He passed away on January 10, 1983. Submitted by the A.L. Patterson Branch #087 of The Royal Canadian Legion. CARTER, Lawrence F. “Gunner Nick” WWII Lawrence was born in Brookfield, NS in 1917 to Stetson R. Carter and Clara (Strum) Carter. He was a Gunner in the 86th Battery Heavy Artillery in Canada and general duty in England. Lawrence was a member of the Cambrai Branch # 37, Mulgrave of the Royal Canadian Legion. He worked in the lumber woods and in the saw mills for five years and was a cold storage foreman for Acadia Fisheries and H.B. Nickerson in Canso and Matthew’s and Scott Fisheries in Queensport. Lawrence married Ruby C. O’Leary and had 4 children. He passed away on July 11, 2009 and will always be remembered and respected for his years of service. Submitted by the Torbay Branch #117 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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