Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 171 GRAHAM, Frederick Alexander WWI & WWII Fred was born in 1893 in Burnside, son of Ned and Cassie (MacKay) Graham. He served in both WWI and WWII. In WWI, he was a Corporal in the 106th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force serving in France and receiving a bullet wound in his right hand. In WWII, he served in Canada with the Veteran’s Guard and the Canadian Army. He married Emma May Redmond and lived in Middle Musquodoboit. Fred worked as a carpenter and was also employed by the local school board. He passed away in 1972. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society GRAHAM, James Perley WWI Perley was born in 1896 in Burnside, son of Peter Woodbury and Minnie (Johnson) Graham. He was recruited in 1917. He and his brother Allie were to have gone overseas together, but Perley contracted mumps, so he was sent later, and the war ended by the time he got overseas. He married Lelia Frances Fulton, daughter of Walter and Laura (Crockett) Fulton, and lived in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He acquired the Wagner Ice Company there and later sold it when electric refrigerators came in. Perley passed away in 1970. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society GRAHAM, Maxwell WWI Maxwell was born in Burnside in 1888, son of William and Eva (Johnson) Graham. He enlisted in 1916 in the 106th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry, Nova Scotia Regiment, and was later moved to the 25th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. He fought in the trenches for over six months and was killed at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917. Maxwell is buried in Thelus Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society
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