Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 115 VEINOTTE, Avery Pearlie Avery enlisted in Bridgewater on Christmas Eve in 1915, at age eighteen. He was assigned to 112th Battalion (The Annapolis Regiment) for training and was re-assigned to the 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles) upon reaching England. He recorded his occupation as “farmer” and place of birth as Maitland, NS. Avery died from wounds that he received during a trench raid against the German line on the night of February 5-6, 1918, and is buried in plot 1 A 1 in the Thelus Military Cemetery near Vimy Ridge in France. VEINOTTE, Baxter Harris (734518) Baxter served with the 25th Battalion and was killed in action at Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917. VEINOTTE, Carl Edwin (733657) Carl enlisted in the 112th Battalion on December 29, 1915 in Lunenburg. He declared that he had been born in North West on August 1, 1893 and that this mother, Mrs. Louise Mader of Mahone Bay was his next of kin. He was wounded during the war. VEINOTTE, Charles Alexander (734106) Charles enlisted on March 2, 1916, in Bridgewater. Upon his enlistment, it was noted the he was 20 years old, single, a lumberman from Upper Cornwall, and that his brother, Edward Veinotte, was his next of kin. Charles became a member of the 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles) and died in a field hospital on April 27, 1917, of wounds that he received during the battle for Vimy Ridge. Charles is buried in plot 1A68 at the Commonwealth War Graves, extension of the Barlin Communal Cemetery in France. VEINOTTE, Edward St. Clair (282366) Edward was born on September 1, 1896 in New Cornwall. He enlisted in the 219th Battalion on March 13, 1916 in Mahone Bay – declaring that he was a farmer and that his uncle, Austin Veinotte of New Cornwall was his next of kin. He suffered a shrapnel wound to his shoulder and lost the sight in one eye during the war. VEINOTTE, Everett Boecherstone (282356) Everett enlisted in the 219th Battalion on March 10, 1916 in Mahone Bay. He declared that he had been born on August 15, 1881 in Mahone Bay; that he was a mechanic; and that his next of kin was his wife Elizabeth Veinotte of Mahone Bay. Everette served at the front with the 85th Battalion and suffered gunshot wounds to his thigh during the Battle of Passchendaele and gunshot wounds to his shoulder during the Battle of Amiens. According to local history he remained in hospital recovering from his wounds until May 1920. VEINOTTE, George Allen (1260698) George was a 16-year-old Mahone Bay boy when he somehow enlisted in the CEF at Halifax on May 19, 1916. He was initially assigned to the Canadian Garrison Artillery and was transferred to the Canadian Field Artillery upon going overseas. George was the son of Jacob and Emily Veinotte of Mahone Bay and was killed in action six weeks after his 19th birthday on September 1, 1918 during the 2nd Battle of 2nd Arras. He is buried in plot 2 B 17 of the Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, France. VEINOTTE, Harry St. Clair (2699666) Harry enlisted in the 6th Battalion of the Canadian Garrison regiment on May 18, 1918 in Halifax. He had served for two weeks in the Composite Battalion before enlisting in the CEF. He declared that he had been born on January 24, 1900 in Mahone Bay and that his next of kin was his father Mr. Alexandra Veinotte of Mahone Bay. VEINOTTE, Harry Leslie (733193) Harry enlisted in the 112th Battalion on December 14, 1915 in Middleton. He declared that he had been born in Mahone Bay on July 28, 1897 and that his next of kin was his father Tilley Veinotte of Mahone Bay. He was wounded during the war. World War I Veterans from Mahone Bay, NS continued....
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