Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 121 World War I Veterans from Mahone Bay, NS continued.... WILSON, Morris H. (90542) Morris enlisted in the RCGA in Halifax on November 16, 1915 and was posted to the St. Lucia Battery. Upon enlisting he declared that he had been born on September 4, 1898 in Indian Point; that he was a carpenter; and that his mother Josephine Eisnor Wilson of Oakland was his next of kin. WRIGHT, Leon Bernard (3180039) Leon was born in Millford, NH, USA on March 4, 1895 and was living in Annapolis County when he was conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion of the NS Regiment on January 5, 1918 in Halifax. He declared that his next of kin was his father Gorman Wright of Princedale and that he was a shipping clerk by trade. He became a Baptist minister in the early 1920’s and moved to Mahone Bay in the early 1940’s. Leon passed away in Mahone Bay in 1993. YOUNG, Frank Conyers (2580308) Frank was born in Mahone Bay on October 8, 1885 and enlisted in the Garrison Military Police in Halifax on October 1, 1917. He was living in Halifax at the time with his wife Hattie May Young. Frank had thirty months service with the Composite Battalion before joining the CEF. He was unfit for overseas duty due to a medical category of “flat feet.” He would end the war as a corporal. Frank passed away in Halifax in 1940. ZINCK, Boyd Percy (733654) Boyd enlisted in the 112th Battalion in Lunenburg on February 16, 1916. He stated that he had been born in Walden on September 24, 1897 and that his next of kin was his mother Mrs. Loretta Zinck of Mahone Bay. ZINCK, Harden (282574) Harden was working as a lumberman when he enlisted in the 219th Battalion in Barrington Passage on March 9, 1916. Upon enlisting he stated that he had been born in Walden on November 15, 1896; had some reserve service in the artillery; and that his next of kin was his sister Miss Loretta Zinck of Walden. ZINCK, George Leon (2014257) George moved to Mahone Bay after the war. He enlisted in the Canadian Engineers on August 7, 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Upon enlisting he stated that he had been born in Bridgewater on January 15, 1888; his place of residence was Jamaica Plains, Mass; and that his next of kin was Nellie Zinck of Jamaica Plains. George passed away in 1971 and is buried in Mahone Bay. ZINK, Joseph Allen (3186365) Joseph was conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion of the NS Regiment on August 17, 1918 in Aldershot. He declared that his next of kin was his brother Mr. Lemuel Zink of Walden; that he was a lumber man; and that had been born on February 14, 1889. He was declared “medically unfit for any military service” and discharged on August 19, 1918. ZWICKER, Arthur James (3182366) Arthur was conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion of the NS Regiment in Halifax on May 8, 1918. He declared that he had been born on October 9, 1889 in Blockhouse and that his father, Mr. Alfred G. Zwicker of Mahone Bay was his next of kin. ZWICKER, Charles (415671) Charles enlisted in the 40th Battalion in Halifax on July 8, 1915. He declared that he had been born in Mahone Bay on April 5, 1895 and that his mother, Mrs. Sophia Joudrey was his next of kin. ZWICKER, Clarence (282527) Clarence’s name was found on a 1927 list of local veterans at the Mahone Bay Legion in January 2015. Clarence was born in Gold River on December 29, 1896 and enlisted in the 219th Battalion on March 9, 1916 in Barrington. Upon enlisting he noted that he had some militia experience with the local artillery battery and that his next of kin was his father George Zwicker of Gold River.
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