Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 107 SCHNARE, Arthur Joseph (3181786) Arthur was conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion of the NS on May 18, 1918 in Halifax. Upon being inducted he stated that he had been born in Mahone Bay on July 19, 1890; a machinist by trade; and that his next of kin was his sister Mrs. Archie Emenau of Hastings Annapolis County, NS. SCHNARE, Harvey Charles (734156) Harvey enlisted in the 112th Battalion at Bridgewater on March 1, 1916. He declared that he had one year of reserve service with the 1st Siege Battery; had been born in Northwest on June 2, 1885; was a cook by trade; and that George Schnare of Northwest was his next of kin. He was later transferred to the Canadian Engineers. SCHNARE, Mark Alexander (2329536) Mark enlisted in the Canadian Forestry Corps in Truro on May 29, 1917 and was posted to the NS Forestry Depot. He declared that he was a lumberman-cook by trade; had been born in Mahone Bay on August 27, 1891; and that his wife, Gertrude Leone Schnare of Mahone Bay was his next of kin. SCHNARE, Wilfred (1274333) Wilfred enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery in Halifax on December 20, 1918. Prior to the armistice he had been a fulltime reservist with the Sandwich Battery of the Halifax artillery garrison. He declared that he had been born in Mahone Bay in July 1871 and that his next of kin was his wife Mrs. Bertha Schnare of Mahone Bay. He passed away from cancer in 1950. SKINNER, Bernard Woodworth (449) Bernard was a medical student at McGill University when he enlisted in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in Montreal on March 8, 1915. He had completed his medical degree prior to enlisting and was posted to No. 2 General Hospital (McGill). Upon enlisting he declared that he had been born in Weston, Kings County, NS on May 26, 1889 and that his next of kin was his father John W. Skinner of Weston. He completed his medical internship while in the CAMC and became a doctor in 1917, at which time he was re-enlisted as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps on October 25, 1917. He served in the Mesopotamian campaign (Iraq and Palestine) with the RAMC. After the war Dr. Skinner settled in Mahone Bay providing medical care to that community for forty years. He was the president of the Mahone Bay Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion from 1935 to 1948. Bernard passed away in 1958 from a heart attack. SLAUENWHITE, Harry (470360) Harry enlisted in the 64th Battalion on September 18, 1915 in Sussex, NB. Upon enlisting he stated that his next of kin was his uncle Edwin Slauenwhite of Maplewood and that he had been born in Mahone Bay on July 16, 1892. According to local history he was wounded during the Great War. SLAUENWHITE, Maurice Stanley (3185134) Maurice was conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion of the NS on September 19, 1918, in Aldershot. He stated that he was a fisherman by trade; was born on August 7, 1896 in Conquerall Bank; and that his mother, Seretha Slauenwhite of Conquerall Bank was his next of kin. World War I Veterans from Mahone Bay, NS continued....
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