Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 205 SITEMAN, John Andrew WWI & WWII John was born in Lower Ship Harbour, NS, in 1897. He was a P.O. Sailmaker in the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans with the 2nd Battalion 45th in England. He served from 1917 to 1918 in World War I and from 1939 to 1946 in World War II. He received the British War Medal, Victory Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, and 19391945 Star. Submitted by Four Harbours Branch #120, The Royal Canadian Legion SLADE, William WWI William was born in England in 1900 and came to Canada in 1904. He lived in Mulgrave until 1915 when he enlisted in 106th Battalion. He was with the 95 Regiment, transferred to the 25th Battalion and fought at Vimy Ridge, Hill 70 and Passchendaele in 1917. He was at the Liberation of France, also serving in Belgium and Germany until 1919 when he was discharged in Halifax, NS. He received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. His brother Arthur fought with the US Army and a sister was a nurse with the British Army. After the war, he went to the US, married and had a son then came to the Monastery area in the 1930s after he was widowed. In 1939, he married Elsie Hart with whom he had 4 children. William is buried in Linwood Anglican Cemetery. Submitted by Tracadie & District SMITH, Graham Cox WWI Graham, born in 1887, was a twin son of David Holmes and Martha (Fulton) Smith of Otter Brook. He enlisted while in Western Canada and served overseas. He was wounded in the face while fighting at Ypres. After the war, he homesteaded in Saskatchewan and developed a business growing and selling wheat. He passed away in 1956. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society
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