Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 67 World War I Veterans from Mahone Bay, NS continued.... DAURIE, Gordon (90541) Gordon was born in Mahone Bay on October 2, 1896 to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Daurie. He was a clerk by trade and spent fourteen months in the Composite Battalion before enlisting in the RCGA of the CEF on November 16, 1915 in Halifax. Gordon was posted to the St. Lucia Battery. He passed away in Mahone Bay in October 1976. DAURIE, Guy Gilbert (3182767) Guy enlisted in the CEF on May 18, 1918 in Aldershot, NS. Upon enlistment he stated that he was born in Mahone Bay on February 9, 1900; his next of kin was his mother, Mrs. Fannie Daurie of Mahone Bay; and his trade was that of a bandsman. Guy was posted to a 'highlander company.' DAURIE, Roy Randolph (90519) Roy was born in Mahone Bay on March 1, 1897 to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Daurie. He was a painter by trade and spent seven months in the 1st Siege Battery before enlisting in the RCGA of the CEF on November 10, 1915 in Halifax. Roy was posted to the St. Lucia Battery. DEAN, Ozam Roy “Ozem” (4050508) Ozem was a son of Alexander and Emma (Joudrey) Dean of Blockhouse and was born on May 25, 1893. He enlisted in the 1st Depot Battalion of the NS Regiment on April 24, 1918 in Halifax. Upon enlisting he stated that he was a farmer and that his mother was his next of kin. He served a physical training instructor and was the CanadianArmy middle weight boxing champion. Ozam was discharged with the rank of sergeant in 1919. He passed away on September 20, 1994 at the age of 101 and is buried in Blockhouse. DEMONE, Ray James (734479) Ray was born on December 2, 1891 in Upper Cornwall and enlisted in the 112th Battalion on March 31, 1916 in Bridgewater. Upon enlisting he noted that his next of kin was his mother, Mrs. Levina Demone of Upper Cornwall; that he was a farmer by trade; and that he had served as a reserve soldier in the 75th Regiment. He was wounded during the fighting around Courcelette. Later in life he became a member of the Royal Canadian Legion and passed away in 1963. DEVINS, John “Jack” (642652) Jack was born on November 15, 1897 in Duntroon Ontario and enlisted in the 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters) on February 16, 1916. Upon enlisting he declared that his mother, Mrs. N Devins was his next of kind. He married Hazel Mosher, originally of Indian Point in Winnipeg on December 8, 1920. Jack and Hazel came to live in Mahone Bay in the late 1920s. Jack passed away on Remembrance Day in 1973. DOREY, Halton (470125) Halton was the son of H. Truman Dorey and Bessie Dorey of Newburne, Lunenburg County, NS. He joined the CEF on September 13, 1915, in Sussex, NB, at the age of eighteen. Halton was severely wounded during a night time bombing patrol in no-man’s land on June 9, 1918, during the 2nd Battle of Arras. He died three days later and is buried in plot 2 H 17 in the Wailly Orchard Cemetery. DOREY, Norman (501316) Norman enlisted in the Corps of Canadian Engineers on August 28, 1915 in Sussex, NB. He declared that he had been born in Union Square on March 1, 1888; he was a railroad section man; and that his next of kin was his wife Ella Dorey of Auburn. Sapper Norman Dorey was posted to the 1st Tunnelling Company and would fight in the underground war in France and Belgium.
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