Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 119 WENTZELL, Everett (222145) Everette served in the 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) and was listed missing on October 30, 1917, during the heart breaking battle for Passchendaele. He was killed during the Highlanders’ successful, yet very costly, attack on an objective known to the troops by its battle designator of “Vienna Cottage” just west of the town of Passchendaele. Everette is memorialized on a regimental monument that now stands on the “start line” of their final battle overlooking the Vienna Cottage. His body was never recovered and he is formally memorialized upon the walls of the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium. WENTZELL, John Bernard (282368) John enlisted in the 219th Battalion in Mahone Bay on March 10, 1916. Upon enlisting he stated that he was a fisherman; had been born on August 1, 1896 in Indian Point; and that his sister, Miss Blanche Wentzell of Halifax was his next of kin. WESTHAVER, Edgar Bruce (90528) Edgar enlisted in the RCGA in Halifax on November 10, 1915 and was posted to the St. Lucia Battery. Upon enlisting he declared that he had been born in Maders Cove on December 4, 1896; he was a farmer; he had some reserve service in the artillery; and that his next of kin was Henry Westhaver of Maders Cove. WESTHAVER, Fred Lee (733521) Fred enlisted in the 112th Battalion in Kentville on December 30, 1915. At the time of his enlistment he was living in Mahone Bay and he stated that he had been born in Bridgewater on November 27, 1896; was a fisherman by trade; and that his next of kin was his father Albert Westhaver of Mahone Bay. WESTHAVER, Otto Percy (90547) Otto enlisted in the RCGA in Halifax on November 18, 1915 and was posted to the St. Lucia Battery. He was the son of Peter and Priscilla Westhaver and was born in Mahone Bay on November 22, 1897. WESTHAVER, Russell Reginald (222981) Russell enlisted in the CEF on October 20, 1915, in Halifax. Upon enlistment, Russell declared Maders Cove as his place of birth and gave his occupation as a being a “labourer.” He was assigned to the 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders). Sixty-two Highlanders were killed on September 2, 1918, during an attack on German positions at Scarpe, France. Russell was among the dead. The attack broke the German Drocourt-Queant line. His remains are buried in plot 1 A 26 in the Dury Mill British Cemetery in France. WESTHAVER, Sidney Everett Guy (90529) Sidney enlisted in the RCGA in Halifax on November 7, 1915 and was posted to the St. Lucia Battery. He declared that he had seven months reserve service with the 1st Siege Battery; that he was a carpenter; that he was born in Maders Cove on October 2, 1896; and that his next of kin was his sister Ziphora Eisnor (the wife of Norman Eisenhauer) of Maders Cove. WHILNEFF, Albert (415135) Albert enlisted in the 40th Battalion in Kentville on May 4, 1915. Upon enlisting he stated that he was a lumberman; had been born in Mahone Bay on July 16, 1890; had six years militia service with the 1st Siege Battery; and that his next of kin was his father William Whilneff of Bathurst, NB. He passed away of bronchitis and pneumonia in 1963. WHYNOT, David (90530) David enlisted in the RCGA in Halifax on March 10, 1915 and was posted to the St. Lucia Battery. Upon enlisting he declared that he had been born on November 25, 1897 in Oakland and that his father, Hiram Whynot of Labelle, Queens County was his next of kin. WILSON, Cecil Roy (2731367) Cecil enlisted in the Royal Canadian Engineers on September 23, 1918 in Halifax. He was posted to the RCE Signals section. Upon enlisting he declared that he was born on March 17, 1898 in Halifax; that he was a painter; that he had two years and 236 days of service with the 66th Battalion (Princess Louise Fusiliers (PLF)); and that his next of kin was his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson of Halifax. He moved to Mahone Bay after the war and served with the PLF during WWII. The RCL crest hand painted by Cecil can still be seen the Mahone Bay Legion. World War I Veterans from Mahone Bay, NS continued....
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