Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 63 World War I Veterans from Mahone Bay, NS continued.... The sons of Lawrence and Jemina Cameron of Mahone Bay: CAMERON, Bruce Malcolm (46298) Bruce was an 18-year-old from Mahone Bay, NS, when he joined the CEF and was assigned to the 16th Battalion (the Canadian Scottish). He would survive wounds received in October 1915, but he would be killed on June 13, 1916, during the Battle for Hill 62 in the Ypres Salient. Bruce was buried at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground outside Ypres, however, at some time during the battle for Ypres Salient, the burial ground was shelled by German artillery and his remains were disrupted. Today, “Special Memorial” H 28 can be found at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground making note of the fact that his remains are buried somewhere in the cemetery. CAMERON, Donald William (781615) Donald was born in Mahone Bay on December 3, 1891. He was living in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan when he enlisted there on January 3, 1916 and joined the 128th Battalion. Upon enlisting he declared that he was a grocery clerk and that his father was his next of kin. Donald was gassed during the fighting in the Ypres Salient. The 1946 Trinity United Church honour roll of Great War veterans includes the name of Donald Cameron. CAMERON, Ewen M. (21586) Ewen was born in Pugwash on January 19, 1890 and his family moved to Mahone Bay when Ewen was a boy. Ewen was an electrician by trade and was amongst the first Canadian to enlist in the CEF. He enlisted in the 11th Battalion in Val Cartier on September 27, 1914. He was gassed during the 2nd Battle of Ypres in April 1915 and was wounded twice before the war ended. CHISHOLM, James Stanley James served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps as a captain. He enlisted in the CEF in Halifax on September 7, 1916 declaring that he was a physician; that he had been born in Halifax on August 21, 1887; and that his next of kin was Harriett Chisholm of Halifax. He served at Hillingdon House, Canadian Convalescent Hospital, London, UK. Dr. Chisholm moved to Mahone Bay after the war. COCHRAN, Wilfred Northrup Wilfred served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps as a captain. He enlisted in the CEF in Halifax on December 6, 1916 declaring that he was a physician; had been born in Scotch Village on July 1, 1877; and that his next of kin was his wife, Louise Cochran of Mahone Bay. Dr. Cochran initially served in a military hospital in Halifax and later served in France and Belgium with the 8th Field Ambulance. He passed away in Mahone Bay in 1932 of a heart condition. COGGIN (COGGON), George Arthur (1402) George was born in Sussex, NB, to Thomas and Myrtle Coggin on March 4, 1889. It appears that he enlisted in the CEF in 1914 and may have severed in the 2nd Field Bakery of the CASC. He was a charter member of Branch 49 Mahone Bay of the Royal Canadian Legion. During WWII his son Allan served in Burma as a pilot in the RCAF. COLWELL, Ray John, DSO, ED, MSc Ray enlisted as a second-lieutenant in the 1st Depot Battalion of the NS Regiment on July 13, 1918 in Halifax. Upon enlisting he noted that he had been born on August 11, 1899 in Halifax; that his mother, Mrs. H C Colwell was his next of kin; and that he was a machinist by trade. He had been a member of the 63rd Regiment of the local militia and had served eleven months in the Halifax Composite Battalion and two months in the 6th Battalion of the Canadian Garrison Regiment (CGR). He remained in the militia after the war. In 1935 he was appointed as the commanding officer of the Halifax Rifles and remained in that position until 1943. As a lieutenant-colonel, commanding the 1st Canadian Hussars he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order ('immediate' for gallantry) on June 11, 1944 for his actions in Normandy during the horrific Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry. In 1955 Brigadier General Colwell was appointed as the honorary colonel of the Halifax Rifles. Ray received the Efficiency Decoration and the Meritorious Service Cross. He retired to Mahone Bay and was an active member of the local Royal Canadian Legion.
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