Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 57 World War I Veterans from Mahone Bay, NS continued.... AULENBACK, Benjamin Wesley (4051000) Benjamin was conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion of the NS Regiment of the CEF on August 28, 1918 at Aldershot. Upon induction it was recorded that he was a farmer-lumberman; had been born in Farmville in November 1881; had two years of militia service with the 75th Regiment; and that his next of kin was his father, Mr. Benjamin Aulenback of Farmville. He was declared unfit for service, due to extreme varicose veins, and released on August 30, 1918. AULENBACK, Harold (67312) Harold was born in Mahone Bay on May 16, 1896 and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. EphraimAulenback of Maitland Forks. He enlisted in the 25th Battalion in Halifax on November 15, 1914 declaring that his father as his next of kin; his trade as that of a farmer; he was single; and that he had no previous military experience. On September 19, 1915, he joined the 25th Battalion in France. In February 1916, he was posted to the Canadian Labour Corps in England and attached to the 5th Brigade of the Canadian Field Artillery. On March 3, 1916, he returned to the 25th Battalion and was then attached to the Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps until August 1916. In late August 1916, he rejoined the 25th Battalion in France and suffered shrapnel wounds to his back on September 16 during the Battle of Courcelette. In October of that year he was awarded a Good Conduct Badge and sent back to England to due to varicose veins in his leg. Harold was posted to the 242nd Battalion of the Canadian Forestry Corps on January 28, 1918 and returned to France with that battalion in February. Harold was discharged from the CEF in Halifax on April 5, 1919. AULENBACK, Lancelot Herbert (4050713) Herbert was conscripted into the CEF on June 18, 1918. He was born in Blockhouse on November 22, 1893. Upon induction he declared that his next of kin was a Mr. Cornelius Aulenback of Blockhouse. Herbert was posted to the 1st Depot Battalion of the NS Regiment. He was discharged a few days later being declared “unfit for any military service.” AWALT, Fredy George (84007) Fredy was born in Mahone Bay on May 3, 1896 and enlisted in the CEF in Halifax on June 12, 1915 - he was in England two months later. He declared that his next of kin was his ‘father’Mr. Fred Awalt; that his trade was fireman; and that he had served nine months with the 75th Regiment. There are a few anomalies in his declaration: his second name was ‘Roop’ (not George) and his father was ‘Kenneth J’ (not Fred.) He served in France with the 13th Battalion and suffered gunshot wounds to his left forearm on September 10, 1915. He was hospitalized on June 16, 1916 with shell shock and again on September 24th with shrapnel wounds to his left hand. He was discharged in Halifax on March 22, 1919 with the rank of lance-corporal. AWALT, George William (3199567) George was conscripted into the CEF on October 5, 1918 in Aldershot, NS. He was born in Mahone Bay on December 18, 1893. Upon induction he declared that his next of kin was his wife Elizabeth Awalt of Mahone Bay and that his trade was that of a carpenter. George was posted to the 1st Depot Battalion of the NS Regiment. He was discharged a few days later being declared “unfit for any military service.” AWALT, William Herbert (3181501) William was born in Mahone Bay on November 25, 1889. He was a farmer and was conscripted into the CEF on June 3, 1918 in Lunenburg. He declared that his father, Herbert Awalt was his next of kin. William was posted to the 1st Depot Battalion of the NS Regiment. He passed away in 1962 of a heart condition. BARKHOUSE, Arnold Loraine Arnold Barkhouse was born in Middle Cornwall on October 26, 1895. He did not serve in the CEF. He served for a year as a radio operator in Barrington Passage with a detachment of the reserve Composite Artillery.
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