The Royal Canadian Legion NOVA SCOTIA / NUNAVUT COMMAND VETERANS’ SERVICE RECOGNITION BOOK Volume Fourteen "Their footsteps have always been there, we just couldn't see them"
Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 1 Premier’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Project Chairman’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Features WWI Chaplains from Antigonish . . . . . . . . . .9 Captain L. Howard Johnstone . . . . . . . . . . .19 Private George Lawrence Price . . . . . . . . . .23 Roy Clinton Rushton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Captain Charles Trevor Greene . . . . . . . . . .39 Major Margaret MacDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Linked Portals of Remembrance . . . . . . . .51 World War I Veterans – Mahone Bay . . . . .55 Veterans from All Service Areas . . . . . . . .127 World War I Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 Veterans ADAMS, G.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 ADAMS, Irvine St. Clair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 ALBRECHT, John Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 ALLEN, Thomas W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 ANDERSON, Frederick Nelson . . . . . . . . . .145 ANDERSON, William Oscar . . . . . . . . . . .147 ANDREWS, Charles Abner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 ATKINS, Melvin Graydon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 AULENBACK, Benjamin Wesley . . . . . . . . . .57 AULENBACK, Harold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 AULENBACK, Lancelot Herbert . . . . . . . . . .57 AWALT, Fredy George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 AWALT, George William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 AWALT, William Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 BAGLEY, Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 BARKHOUSE, Arnold Loraine . . . . . . . . . . .57 BARKHOUSE, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 BARKHOUSE, Harold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 BARKHOUSE, Ira Alvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 BARKHOUSE, Noble Haudy . . . . . . . . . . . .59 BARKHOUSE, Ozem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 BARKHOUSE, Whitney Alfred . . . . . . . . . . .59 BARRY, Banford LeRoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 BARRY, Dennis Jeremiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 BAXTER, John S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 BEAUDREAU, Daniel Joseph François . . . 127 BEAUDREAU, Kelly Lynne . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 BECK, Harvey Joshua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 BECK, Willis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 BECKWITH, B. M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 BLACKMAN, George Alexander . . . . . . . .149 BLAKENEY, Clarence A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 BLAKENEY, Harold K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 BLAKENEY, Howard E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 BLAKENEY, J. Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 BLAKENEY, Raymond C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 BLOIS, Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 BOARDWAY, Joseph Robert . . . . . . . . . . .127 BOLAND, Arthur William . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 BOLAND, John Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 BONNELL, Richard George . . . . . . . . . . . .155 BOUCHER, Harold Peters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 BOURINOT, John J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 BRADLEY, James William . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 BRADLEY, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 BRITTAIN, Louis W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 BROCKLEBANK, William H. . . . . . . . . . . .159 BRUHM, Albert Wentworth . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 BRUHM, Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 BRUHM, Ira Wendall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 BURGOYNE, Arthur Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . .61 BURKE, Patrick L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 BURRILL, Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 CAMERON, Bruce Malcolm . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 CAMERON, Donald William . . . . . . . . . . . .63 CAMERON, Ewen M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 CAMPBELL, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 CARR, David George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 CARTER, Frank Leslie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 CHISHOLM, James Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 COCHRAN, Wilfred Northrup . . . . . . . . . . . .63 COCHRANE, Roy A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 COGGIN (COGGON), George Arthur . . . . . .63 COLWELL, Ray John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 CORKUM, Harold Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 CORKUM, Perley Lorrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 CREASER, Harold James William . . . . . . . .65 CROSSLAND, George Edward . . . . . . . . . . .65 CROSSLAND, Maynard Laendar . . . . . . . . .65 CROSSLAND, Simeon Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 CURRIE, Clive W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 CUSHING, Cyril LeRoi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 CUSHING, Gilbert Basil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 CUSHING, Reginald Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 DAURIE, Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 DAURIE, Guy Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 DAURIE, Roy Randolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 DAY, Robert E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 DAY, W. Fenwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 DEAN, Ozam Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 DEMONE, Ray James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 DEVINS, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 DOREY, Clarence Wesley . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 DOREY, Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 DOREY, Halton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 DOREY, Norman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 DOREY, Parker Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 DOREY, Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 DOREY, Willis Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 DUKESHIRE, Clinton Boothby . . . . . . . . . .69 DURKEE, Charles H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 DURKEE, Forrester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 EARNEST, Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 EARNEST, Lewphene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 EDMONDS, Thomas Francis . . . . . . . . . . .167 EDWARDS, Roy S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 EICHEL, Jeremiah Nathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 EICHEL, Spurgeon Dimock . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 EISENER, Artemas Leo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 EISENHAUER, Glynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 EISENHAUER, Harris Charles . . . . . . . . . . .71 EISENHAUR, Ralph Gurney . . . . . . . . . . . .71 EISNOR (EISENHAUER), Willis . . . . . . . . . .73 EISNOR (EISNHAUER), Murray A.C. . . . . . .73 EISNOR, Albert G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 EISNOR, Anthony Fenwick . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 EISNOR, Charles Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 EISNOR, Marshall Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 EISNOR, Russell Aubrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 EISNOR, Wellesley Lepean . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 EMBREE, Lorne Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 ERNST, Freeman Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 ERNST, James Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 ERNST, Leo A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 ERNST, Naaman Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 ERNST, Robert Cecil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 ERNST, Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 ERNST, William Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 FEENER, John Edward Freeman . . . . . . . . .75 FREEMAN, Arol Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 FREEMAN, Howard Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . .75 GABRIEL, John A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 GIDNEY, Sydney Lambert . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 GIFFIN, Lester Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 GIFFIN, Randolph Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 GILLIS, Michael, Reverend . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 GRAHAM, Allister Sanford . . . . . . . . . . . .169 GRAHAM, Andrew Chester . . . . . . . . . . . .169 GRAHAM, Frederick Alexander . . . . . . . . .171 GRAHAM, James Perley . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171 GRAHAM, Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171 GRAHAM, Robert Olin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 GRANT, Peter Eugene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 GREENE, Charles Trevor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 GREENO, Arthur Raymond . . . . . . . . . . . .131 HALLAMORE, Charles Kenneth . . . . . . . . .77 HALLAMORE, Sidney Raymond . . . . . . . . .77 HAM, Oberlin Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 HAMM, Alexander Leopold . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 HAMM, James St. Clair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 HAMM, Maurice Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 HAMMOND, James Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 HAMMOND, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 HARDY, Noble Wellington . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 HARRIS, Edward Harlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 HEBB, Joseph Malcolm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 HEISLER, John Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 HEISLER, Otis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 HENDERSON, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 HILTZ, Charles Edwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 HILTZ, Clyde Emerald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 HILTZ, Cyril Edgar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 HILTZ, Edwin Armenius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 HILTZ, Oran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 HIPSON, John P. L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 HIPSON, William Morton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 HIRTLE, Clayton St. Clair . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 HIRTLE, Enos Wilbirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 HIRTLE, Lavenus Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 HIRTLE, Reginald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 HIRTLE, Richard Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 HIRTLE, Spurgeon Maskell . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 HIRTLE, Walter William Willison . . . . . . . .83 HOLMAN, Theodore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 HOWIE, Arthur Mansfield . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 HUNTER, Ralph J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 HYSON, Carl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 HYSON, Clara Melissa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 HYSON, Everette St. Clair . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 HYSON, Ferdinand Conrad . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 HYSON, Harold A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 HYSON, Hugh Seeton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 HYSON, Moyle Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 INGLIS, Roger William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 ISNOR, Albert George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 JODREY, Prescott Soloman . . . . . . . . . . . .85 JOHNSON, Charlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 JOHNSON, Donna Treasa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 JOHNSON, Francis McGill . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 JOHNSON, Frederick Douglas . . . . . . . . . 1 75 JOHNSON, Harry Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 JOHNSON, James Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 JOHNSTONE, L. Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 JOUDREY, Aubrey Sterling . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 JOUDREY, Beldon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 JOUDREY, Earl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Table of Contents - Volume 14 About the front cover See page 51 for more information on the Canada Gate Memorial in Passchendaele, Belgium.
Veterans’ Service Recognition Book – Volume 14 2 Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion Table of Contents - Volume 14 JOUDREY, Evan Lupine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 JOUDREY, Harold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 JOUDREY, St. Almore Robie . . . . . . . . . . . .87 JOUDREY, William Leroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 JOUDREY, Willis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 JOUDRY, Freeman Emery . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 KEDDY, Bertram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 KEDDY, Judson Maurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 KEDY, John E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 KEELING, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 KENNEDY, Arthur Logan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 KENRICK, Frank Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 KEYZER, Lewis James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 KNAUT, Wilfred Laurier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 LANGILLE, Amos Seymore . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 LANGILLE, Carl Evelyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 LANGILLE, David Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . .89 LANGILLE, Edwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 LANGILLE, Harry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 LANGILLE, Louren Beverly . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 LANGILLE, Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 LANGILLE, Palmer Edwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 LANGILLE, Robert Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 LANGILLE, Walter B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 LANGILLE, Willis A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 LANTZ, Arthur Clyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 LANTZ, Fenwick Wakeman . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 LANTZ, Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 LANTZ, Pierce Teao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 LAVELLE, Eric Bannerman . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 LEDWIDGE, Emery James . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 LEVANGIE, Joseph A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 LOGAN, Jotham Wilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179 LOWE, Lindsay Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 MacDONALD, Frederick Herbert . . . . . . . .179 MacDONALD, Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 MacDONALD, Neil Francis . . . . . . . . . . . .135 MacDONALD, Philip Stephen . . . . . . . . . . .137 MacDONALD, Ronald, Reverend . . . . . . . . .15 MacGILLIVRAY, Ronald C., Reverend . . . . . .9 MacKENZIE, Charles Rutherford . . . . . . . .179 MacKENZIE, John Fraser . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 MACKIE, Everett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 MACKIE, Gordon Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 MacNEIL, Gerald Austin Robert . . . . . . . .137 MADER, Arthur Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 MADER, Avard Reginald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 MADER, Clifford Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 MADER, George Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 MADER, Ira Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 MADER, Morris William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 MADER, Owen Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 MADER, Roy Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 MADER, Royce Dewy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 MADER, Uniacke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 MADER, Ward Maxiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 MADER, Wilfred L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 MADER, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 MADER, William Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 MAHONEY, Charles Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 MARRYAT, Wilfred Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 MAYNARD, George William . . . . . . . . . . . .181 McKAY, Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 McKENZIE, Arthur Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . .97 McPHERSON, Donald, Reverend . . . . . . . . .13 MERSEREAU, Byron McLeod . . . . . . . . . .183 MILLEN, Raymond Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 MILLER, Allen Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 MILLER, Ernest Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 MILLER, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 MILLETT, Chester Russell Andrew . . . . . . .97 MILLETT, Myrna Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 MITCHELL, Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 MORRISON, Lewis Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 MORRISON, Sholto Douglas . . . . . . . . . . .187 MOSHER, Clarence Moyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 MOSHER, James A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 MURDOCK, H. Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 MYERS, Clarence Odis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 MYRA, Thomas Eugene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 NAAS, Everette Sherman Hector . . . . . . . . .99 NAAS, Stuart Lemuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 NAUGLER, Otto St. Clair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 NAUSE, Freeman Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 NAUSS, Fred Hector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 NEWTON, Willard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 NICKERSON, J. E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 NICOL, George Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 NORSE, Thomas E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 NORSE, Thomas E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191 NORSE, William Enos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 O’BRIEN, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191 ODERKIRK, Chester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 OIKLE, Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 OIKLE, Frederick Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 OIKLE, Gilbert Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 OIKLE, John Pearly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 OIKLE, Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 OIKLE, Sherdy Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 PAQUET, Mélissa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 PARKER, Norman MacKelvie . . . . . . . . . .191 PEARSON, William Edward . . . . . . . . . . .193 PETERMANN, Wilfred Ferrier . . . . . . . . . . .193 PHINNEY, Hugh A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193 PIPON, Edward P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 POLLOCK, Darren Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 PRATT, Charles Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195 PRATT, John James Alexander . . . . . . . . .195 PREST, Boyd Embree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195 PREST, Harry Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197 PRICE, George Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 PURCHASE, Henry Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197 RAFUSE, Albert Fulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 RAFUSE, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 RAFUSE, Evan Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 RAFUSE, Frank Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 RAFUSE, Paul Raymond . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 REEVES, Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 REID, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197 RHODENHIZER, Earle Caleb . . . . . . . . . . .103 RHODENHIZER, Ira Lawrence . . . . . . . . . .103 RHODENHIZER, Laurin Joshua . . . . . . . . .103 RHODENISER, Lorne Edison . . . . . . . . . .103 RHULAND, John Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 RHULAND, William Harold . . . . . . . . . . . .105 RHUDE, Burton S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 RHYNO, George Edgar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 RITCHIE, Wylie Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 ROBAR, Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 ROBAR, Burton Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 RODENHISER, John Cecil . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 ROST, Earle Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 ROST, Emery Halliburton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 RUSSELL, Roy Franklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 RUSTON, Roy Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 RUTHERFORD, Roy Foster . . . . . . . . . . . .201 SALTSMAN, Fred Everett . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 SANFORD, Kenneth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 SANFORD, Thomas Richard . . . . . . . . . . .203 SAWLER, Orpheus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 SCHNARE, Arthur Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 SCHNARE, 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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 3 President’s Message It is my pleasure as President of Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion, to offer the 2018 edition and the 14th Veterans Services Recognition Book, in this, the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1. The production of the Veterans Service Recognition Books, are done to recognize, honour and remember those Canadians who serve and have served in the Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. I extend my thanks to the NS/NU Command Branches, the members and to all others who have taken the time to honour our Veterans through your support of this project. To the many advertisers and to those who have made private donations, please accept our heartfelt thanks. With the funds raised we are again able to perpetuate Remembrance and offer programs to better serve our Veterans, their families and our communities. On behalf of the membership of Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command, I offer thanks and our appreciation to Comrade Steve Wessel, Chairman and Editor of the VSRB for his continued dedication and effort in making this project the great success that it is! Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command offers thanks to Fenety Marketing Services for their support and partnership in the production of The Veteran Service Recognition Book. We ask for your continued support with this project by making the 15th edition, in 2019, the best one yet. Please send in your submissions and please pass this information along so others have the opportunity to remember, honour, and recognize those who have served and those who continue to serve. In Comradeship Melvin Crowe President Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command The Royal Canadian Legion
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 7 Project Chairman’s Message As Project Chairman, and on behalf of the entire membership of Nova Scotia / Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion, it is an honour to present the 2018 edition, our 14th book, in our Veteran Service Recognition Book (VSRB) series. All of these books are produced in an effort to honour, acknowledge and remember the contributions made by so many brave Canadians. As always, I offer my sincere thanks to the many Legion branches and members of the general public who continue to support these publications by contributing biographies and photos. I would also like to thank the many businesses, groups and individuals who generously support these publications through advertising and through personal financial donations. In my Project Chairman’s message from 2017, I intimated that I would be ending my 15 year run as Editor of these publications. My time on NS/NU Command Executive Council will be ending in May 2019, and although this project would definitely continue, it would be under someone else’s direction. Surprise – “I’m Back!”, as Arnold would say. I have been asked by our current Command President, Comrade Mel Crowe, to continue as Project Chairman, and I would like to thank him for that honour. In this edition of our VSRB we feature the deeds and exploits of our WWI Veterans, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 Armistice, which ended the Great War – the war to end all wars! In closing, Nova Scotia / Nunavut Command extends its sincere thanks to our partners, Fenety Marketing Services, for their continued support of The R.C.L. through the production of these books and together, we look forward to issuing the 15th edition of the VSRB in the fall of 2019. In Comradeship, Steve Wessel Project Chairman / Editor
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 9 Editor’s Comments: The following war service records and exploits of five WWI Chaplains, all from the Antigonish area of Nova Scotia, are extracts from a book entitled, “Catholics Of the Diocese of Antigonish, N.S. and The War 1914-1919” printed by St. Francis Xavier University Press. The more personal, first-hand accounts of their exploits are described in the book as being written, “By one who served with them overseas.” Service: Major Rev. Ronald C. MacGillivray, M.C Major Rev. Ronald C. MacGillivray, M.C., enlisted on October 1, 1915. In France he served as chaplain to the 2nd Canadian Division from November 15, 1915, to June 1916, when he was called home to Canada by the fatal illness of his father. After a few weeks’ furlough, he returned to England and took up the work of chaplain at Epsom Convalescent Hospital, remaining there until February 1917. In that month he re-joined the 2nd Division in France, staying with that Division until the close of the war. He returned to England in the winter of 1919, and, until June of that year, was chaplain at Cooden Beach Hospital. He then became Senior Chaplain at Witley Camp, where he remained until demobilization was completed. He took part in all the campaigns with the 2nd Division, except the Battle of the Somme – ten to fifteen in all. He saw much trench warfare and went “over the top” seven times. He was slightly gassed on one occasion, and was awarded the M.C., after the Battle of Cambrai, August 1918. Father MacGillivray has two brothers, both of whom were also in the service, Lieut. J.D. MacGillivray, M. M., and Lieut. C.J. MacGillivray. The family has, therefore, a military record of which it can well be proud. Diary Account: Major Rev. R.C. MacGillivray M.C. The war was nearly half over before I got to “Canada in Flanders.” It was already the end of May 1916. On June 3, occurred the blackest day in the history for the Canadian Corps, the break-through of the Germans at Sanctuary Wood in the Ypres Salient. Lack of adequate artillery protection left the C.M.R. brigade helpless when the German attack occurred, and they were forced to retire. The Canadian Corps avenged the defeat by its successful counter-attack of June 13. As I was merely in a Casualty Clearing Station, I did not see any of this fighting. Two Antigonish chaplains, however, shared in the dangers and difficulties of the Corps during that trying time, Father R.C. MacGillivray and the Father Miles N. Tompkins. Father MacGillivray had been with the Fourth Brigade since December 8, 1915. We crossed each other in the salient on Sunday, June 5. As Father MacGillivray’s father was dying he was then recalled to Canada on two month’s leave. Upon his return he had to wait his turn in England, impatient though he was to return to the Front. He got back to the Canadian Corps in February 1917 and took a very gallant part in all the great battles of 1917, from Vimy to Passchendaele, having his gallantry rewarded later by a Military Cross. In 1918 he was present in the Hundred Days’ fighting and distinguished himself by a “stunt” that showed that if he had not been a priest, he would have been a general. J.F.B. Livesay, in his book, “Canada’s Hundred Days,” gives the following authentic account of this exploit, which occurred during the Arras-Cambrai fighting of September 1918: continued.... WWI Chaplains from Antigonish, NS
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 11 “Father R. MacGillivray, of Antigonish, N.S., Chaplain of the 5th Brigade, while ministering to the wounded where they fell on the field of battle south of Vrely, was forced to take shelter in a shell-hole, where he found the remnants of a company of which all officers were casualties. An enemy field battery a few hundred yards away was firing over open sights. Grasping the situation, Father MacGillivray called out, ‘Boys, we may as well die fighting.’ He leaped from the shell-hole and rushed the battery, followed by his brave boys. The boys say he terrified the Huns as with a wild war-whoop and brandishing his cane, he landed in their midst. The rest of the story is short, as all hands went up with the cry of; ‘Kamerad.’ The prisoners were numbered off and the guns were marked, ‘Captured by the 26th Battalion.’ Some wag remarked it should have been, ‘Captured by Canadian Chaplain Service.’ ” Service: Major Rev. Miles N. Tompkins, M.C. Major Rev. Miles N. Tompkins, M.C., enlisted on October 18, 1915, and was assigned as chaplain to the 40th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. He left Canada on November 5, 1915, and arrived in England November 14, 1915, where he spent three months at Bramshott Camp. On February 20, 1916, he crossed to France, where he saw continuous service for nearly two years, being attached to the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade and to No. 1 Canadian General Hospital. Early in 1918, he returned to England, but reached the Front again in March 1918, serving for six months with the 3rd Brigade, Canadian Garrison Artillery. During this period, he was wounded. He arrived back in England in October 1918, and was stationed at Cooden Camp, Sussex. He sailed for home June 29, 1919 and arrived July 4, 1919. Diary Account: Major Rev. Miles N. Tompkins, M.C. The next chaplain I met in June 1916, was Father Miles Tompkins. He had been appropriately christened, for he was a true Miles Christi, a soldier and a friend of soldiers. In the fighting in the Ypres Salient, in June 1916, as chaplain to the Ninth Brigade, he distinguished himself by his daring in seeking wounded under fire, to minister to their corporal and spiritual needs. I well remember in July 1916, how he brought me from Zillebeke Bund where we visited Col. Vin. O’Donahoe, then 2nd in command of the 60th Battalion, to Ypres where we met the chaplain of the Newfoundland Regiment and Father Devas, D.S.O, chaplain of the Irish of the 29th Division. Fear was unknown to Father Tompkins, and he paid as little attention to shellfire as to rain. He went through the Somme Battles of 1916, and Vimy Ridge of 1917, despite a dangerous ailment which eventually forced him to rest in the autumn of 1917. After a short respite he was appointed a hospital chaplain in Etaples, where he was awarded the Military Cross. Major- General Sir Archibald Macdonell, (afterwards G.O.C. of the First Division, and former O.C. of the 7th Brigade), happened to be at the mess when Father Tompkins’ M.C. was announced. When the modest priest stated that he did not know what he got it for, the General averred that he had seen Father Tompkins earn the Military Cross a dozen times. In 1918 Father Tompkins, now with the Heavy Artillery, was in the fighting of the “Hundred Days” till he was wounded on September 30, 1918. In a few months he was well again, and as the war was over, was now willing to serve in England. Father McGillivray and Father Tompkins each put in two years’ actual service at the front during hostilities with the Canadian Corps. continued....
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 13 The following paragraph from the “Official Report to the Canadian Hierachy on the Canadian Catholic Chaplains overseas, “dated February 1, 1918, will show how Fathers MacGillivray and Tompkins were appreciated by the Assistant Director of the Chaplain Services (Roman Catholic): “During the year Major T. McCarthy (Diocese of London), Captain M.N. Tompkins (Antigonish), and Captain R. A. Macdonell, O.S.B. (Victoria), have been awarded the Military Cross for gallant conduct on the Field, and Lieut.-Col. F. French (Pembroke). D.A.D.C.S (France), was mentioned in Despatches. To Fr. French’s tactful and capable administration is due, to no small extent, the large measure of success which our priests have obtained in France. It is difficult to single out any name, yet I feel I must record the universal surprise that Fr. M. N. Tompkins had not been honoured long before official recognition came.” Service: Major Rev. Donald McPherson Major Rev. Donald McPherson enlisted on April 28, 1915 and went overseas with the 25th Nova Scotia Infantry Battalion. In England, he was stationed at East Sandling as chaplain to the 2nd Canadian Division. On the eve of departing for France with the 25th Battalion, he was ordered to the Eastern battlefront. On the Isle of Lemnos, he was chaplain to the No.1 Canadian Stationary Hospital, as well as to several Imperial and Australian units. Among those who received his priestly ministrations were the casualties from the Dardanelles campaign. On the evacuation of the Peninsula, Father McPherson was sent to Salonika with No. 1 Hospital, where he remained for eight months. He then returned to England, where he labored for some months in various Canadian training camps, including Bramshott Camp, where the St. Francis Xavier Hospital Unit was then stationed. Falling ill, Father MacPherson was recommended for light duty on the Mediterranean and, in Easter week, 1917, he joined a hospital ship working on this submarine-infested route. Early in 1918, he returned to England, and his long-felt desire of gong to the Western battle-front was gratified. He was assigned as chaplain to the 5th Canadian Divisional Artillery, with which he remained until the boys sailed for home. During his stay in France, Father McPherson had the honor of conducting to the Grotto of Lourdes the only pilgrimage made there by Canadian soldiers. Diary Account: Major Rev. Donald MacPherson The official report contains the following appreciation of Father MacPherson: “All Canadian units having returned from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces, we have no longer any chaplains there. During the trying time of our stay in the East, Captain D. MacPherson (Antigonish), rendered splendid service, and has been highly recommended on all sides.” As he was in the East I did not get to know Father McPherson till the end of 1917. He was the first priest of Antigonish Diocese in the Canadian Chaplain Service. He went overseas in May 1915. It was his lot to fight disease in Mudros and Salonika, as a hospital chaplain. (There were no Canadian combattant troops in this area). Not content with having risked his health in Salonika (fortunately he recovered) he would not be denied the privilege of risking his life in the Canadian Corps in France, where he took part in all the 1918 fighting, as chaplain of the Fifth Divisional Artillery. Unlike Father MacGillivray and Tompkins who were known as jovial dare-devil priests, Father MacPherson hid his romantic emotions under and ascetic exterior. All three priests were most zealous in their labor for souls. All three obtained in recognition of their military services the coveted majority. continued....
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 15 Service: Captain Rev. Michael Gillis Captain Rev. Michael Gillis enlisted as chaplain on April 1, 1916 being first stationed with the 185th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, at Broughton Camp, C.B., and Aldershot Camp, NS. He sailed for overseas with the same battalion and arrived in England on October 13, 1916, where he was appointed chaplain to the Nova Scotia Highland Brigade at Witley Camp. He crossed to France on April 9, 1917, where for three months he was stationed with the Lahore Artillery (Imperial), at that time supporting the 4th Canadian Division in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. When the 4th Canadian Division Artillery was formed, he transferred to that unit and remained there until his return to England in June 1918. In England, he was stationed at Seaford Camp, until his return to Canada in the spring of 1919. Diary Account: Captain Rev. Michael Gillis The next Antigonish Chaplain to reach the Canadian Corps was Father Michael Gillis. He came overseas with a Highland Brigade in October 1916. It was the fate of this Brigade, as of most other units which came from Canada at that time, to be broken up for reinforcements. Father Gillis got to the Canadian Corps as the chaplain of the Fourth Division Artillery. He gave fourteen months faithful service to the Corps and went through all the heavy fighting of 1917 – Vimy, Hill 70 (Loos), and Passchendaele. A Catholic Senior Chaplain being required at Seaford Camp, Father Gillis was called there in June 1918. He organized a splendid Catholic Army Hut in Seaford. As Father Tompkins was the spiritual supervisor of the C.A.H. at Cooden, in the winter of 1918 to 1919, and Father MacGillivary of the C.A.H. Hut in Witley, in 1919, Antigonish priests were not behind in the drudgery of hut work. Indeed all five worked at rigging up and running huts, big or small, when circumstances permitted. Service: Captain Rev. Ronald MacDonald Captain Rev. Ronald MacDonald enlisted in October 1915. He was first stationed as chaplain at Aldershot Camp, Nova Scotia, where he built a large combination recreation hut and chapel – prior to the C.A.H. movement. He sailed with Nova Scotia Highland Brigade, arriving in England October 13, 1916. From then until early in 1919, Father MacDonald labored as chaplain to various units of Canadian soldiers. Among others were the 85th Battalion, the 7th Reserve Battalion, the 13th Infantry Brigade, the 15th Infantry Brigade, the 185th Battalion, the 3rd Canadian General Hospital, the 1st Canadian General Hospital and the 16th Canadian General Hospital. He was with No. 9 Stationary Hospital at Etaples, when it was severely bombed by German planes. In the spring of 1919, he arrived home via Panama and Vancouver. continued....
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“ “ Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 17 Diary Account: Captain Rev. Ronald MacDonald Father Ronald’s white hair indicated clearly enough that he might have let priests twenty-five years younger take his place in the Canadian Chaplain Service, but he would not have it so. He wished to serve as the younger men. He came overseas in October 1916 and did camp work in England and hospital work in France. From a spiritual point of view, the work of a chaplain in camp or in hospital is just as valuable as that of a chaplain in the field, though lacking the military eclat of the latter. This however, is more than compensated for by the greater opportunities of getting the men to the sacraments. While his age prevented Father Ronald from getting to the trenches, he had a taste of war when German planes raided the hospital area at Etaples. Father MacDonald saw his little chapel shattered, but he himself continued his ministrations to the sick and dying as if nothing had happened. His last unit was the Ontario Hospital at Orpington. His efforts to get a C.A.H. Hut for this unit were blocked by the bigotry of the O.C. Chaplains. Father Ronald rounded off his military career by being chaplain to a transport ship that brought Canadian soldiers to Vancouver via the Panama Canal. Diary’s Concluding Remarks: In conclusion, may I be permitted to add that I saw all these five priests frequently and in the most trying circumstances. I saw them face difficulties and dangers which would balk or break anyone who had a weak link in his armor. I saw them overcome these obstacles with a Christian fortitude and patience which was often hidden by a smile or joke. It made one prouder of being a Catholic for having met these five Antigonish priests. They were all Scholarly priests with a repertoire of languages from Italian to Micmac (four of the five could preach in Gaelic), they upheld the traditions of Antigonish University. They were true to their Highland motto, “Dileas gu cath,” a motto upon which a great Gael of thirteen hundred years ago, St. Columban, has written a commentary which may serve as a summary of their war work: “Our perils are many, the war awaiting us is severe, and the enemy terrible, but the recompense is glorious and the freedom of our will is manifest. Without an adversary there is no fight; without a fight there is no crown. Where there is a fight, there is courage, vigilance, ardor, endurance, fidelity, wisdom, firmness and prudence.”
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 19 Captain L. Howard Johnstone (1889-1916) Lieutenant L. Howard Johnstone was nicknamed the 'Iron Duke' by the men of the 25th Battalion. Johnstone came from a prominent family; he was son of Dr. Edmund James and Caroline Charlotte (nee Kavanagh) Johnstone, and great-grandson of Nova Scotia Premier J.W. Johnston, 1857-1860. L. Howard Johnstone was born in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County, on January 11, 1889 and made his mark despite his short life. He served on staff of various newspapers – Post (Sydney), Record (Sydney), Morning Chronicle (Halifax), and Gazette (Montreal). Although he was appointed Private Secretary of the General Manager, Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company, printer's ink must have been in his blood because he resumed journalistic work in 1912 when he joined the staff of the Montreal Gazette. However, later in the year he returned to the Morning Chronicle. The "British Roll of Honor" stated, "In reportorial work no newspaper man in Eastern Canada was a better descriptive writer and few whose career in journalism promised more brilliantly. Naval and shipping events particularly attracted Captain Johnstone and many varied stories came from his facile pen." He also enjoyed healthy sports and was a member of the Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club, Sydney. Johnstone qualified as Lieutenant and Captain in the Halifax School of Infantry in 1914 and went overseas as Lieutenant in the 25th Nova Scotian Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. He reached the Western Front on September 15, 1915 and was first a Bombing Officer and subsequently was with a trench mortar unit. M. Stuart Hunt, Nova Scotia's Part in the Great War, p. 78, noted Lieutenant L.H. Johnstone led the 25th Battalion "... in the fruitless and bloody attack on Regina Trench, October 1st, 1916. While gallantly leading those men into a veritable hell of machine gun and shell fire, the 'Iron Duke' as he was nicknamed by the gallant men he was leading, fell to rise no more." Back in Sydney, a memorial service was held at Christ Church on October 15, 1916. The service began with the hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers', followed by prayers, names of men of the Honor Roll, silence, followed by the 'Last Post'. Captain Johnstone's former newspaper, The Sydney Daily Post, 16 October 1916, p. 5, reported, "There was scarcely a dry eye in the church when the last notes died away."
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 21 When Lt. Howard Johnstone Fell Story as told by a Soldier who was with him (N.S archives news clipping) The story of how Lieut. Howard Johnstone, of Sydney Nova Scotia, fell on the field of honour, had been previously reported from the front, but not with the intimate touch that was given to it by a member of the same battalion who had returned from the front. The teller of the story was with Mr. Johnstone at the time that he met his death and was himself wounded the day following at the 2nd battle of the Somme. The following story is taken from news articles of the day in 1916. “It was on the first day of October 1916, that Lieut. Johnstone fell,” said the returned soldier to a Morning Chronicle reporter yesterday. “All that day we had been in our trenches watching the work of the British artillery, back of our lines, as they threw sections of the Hun trenches into the air, in clouds of dust and debris. Our time had not come yet, and we kept under cover in the murky trenches and did nothing while the German guns roared back their reply to the artillery on our side. All the German efforts were not fruitless, for many of the shells burst alongside us and kept us pretty well under cover. “Waiting under such circumstances is far from pleasant, and all of us in the company, of which Mr. Johnstone was the acting Major, were more or less keyed up and inclined to take matters into our own hands and go ‘over the top.’ Mr. Johnstone was the life of the boys in our section of the trench that day and kept us feeling good with his stories and jokes. “Night fell at last and those of us who cared to do so ate a frugal meal, and then kept quite waiting for the word to charge, which we knew was due to arrive at any moment. The night was a typical one in the trenches, with its murky, foggy atmosphere, thick with the fumes of high explosives and filled with the roar of bursting shells. At last the word came. “Johnstone, who was well known for his intrepid fearlessness, was the first one to reach the top, so far as I can recollect, and I remember distinctly seeing him standing there silhouetted against the skyline, as a bursting shell threw everything into relief. Then we were over. There was nothing distinct then for a time, until we were under way. With a rush we swept at the Hun trench until we struck their wire. Wire seemed to be everywhere and the enemy were popping away at us. Here and there, I saw a man go down but there was nothing we could do to help him, so we kept on trying to break through the mass of stakes and wire. Soon it was seen that there was nothing to do but get under cover, as the Germans were finding our range and were getting closer and closer with every shot. “Between the wire and our lines there were some shell holes, and to these we now made our way, only now Mr. Johnstone was the last in the line. Together we went into the recesses and started to dig under. One of the boys alongside me ‘got his’ and I was busy trying to work my Lee Enfield as well as I knew how. “There was the incessant rattle of machine gun fire and the same heavier roll of artillery. Johnstone came over the top into the hole where we were, with his eyes ablaze and almost crying at the enforced retreat. As he came to a point near where I was, he was hit by a shell. Not a word did he utter, but crumpled up into the recess alongside of us with a smile on his lips.” “Men have been given decorations,” said the story teller, “who, while heroes in every fibre, did not deserve their distinction any more than this same Lieut. Howard Johnstone. If there is such a thing, he is one of the men who were too brave; and if you ever hear anyone say anything about the work being done by young officers in action, just add for me that Johnstone deserves a place with the best of them. A boy in years, but a Canadian through and through, and more than that cannot be said in praise of any man when the final chapter of the war is written, and our boys come in for their true credit in this great war for liberty.” “My injury? Oh it was nothing”, and the returned soldier showed his left hand with three fingers missing where a shrapnel scrap had left him unfit for further service.
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