Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 77 World War I Veterans from Mahone Bay, NS continued.... The sons of Jacob and Caroline Hallamore of Middle Cornwall: HALLAMORE, Charles Kenneth (282357) Charles was born in New Cornwall on December 15, 1896. He was living in Mahone Bay when he enlisted in the 219th Battalion on March 13, 1916 in Mahone Bay. He declared that his mother, Caroline Hallamore of New Cornwall his next of kin and that he had six months service with the composite artillery battery in Bear River. He served at the front with the 85th Battalion and was wounded on April 9, 1917 during the attack on Vimy Ridge and again on June 19, 1917 at Lens. Kenneth would survive being buried alive during some fierce shelling and would be invalided home due to shell shock. HALLAMORE, Sidney Raymond (68129) Sidney enlisted in the 25th Battalion of the CEF on January 5, 1915 in Halifax. He was born in Middle Cornwall on September 24, 1894 and became a lumberman. Upon enlisting he declared that his mother, Mrs. C Hallamore of Middle Cornwall was his next of kin. He lost a leg during the war and became a charter member of Branch 49 Mahone Bay of the Royal Canadian Legion. He passed away on November 17, 1967. HAM, Oberlin Joseph (470285) Oberlin was born in Mahone Bay on January 27, 1897 and enlisted in the 64th Battalion of the CEF on September 18, 1916 in Sussex, NB. Upon enlisting he stated that he was a chauffeur by trade and that his next of kin was his mother Mrs. E Ham of New Germany. Oberlin suffered a gas wound during the war. HAMM, Alexander Leopold (222195) Alexander enlisted in the 85th Battalion (NS Highlanders) in Halifax in on October 12, 1915. Information about his Great War service is sparse. He declared that his next of kin was Mrs. Mary Hamm of Mahone Bay. He was gassed during the fighting and ended the war as a Company Sergeant-Major. HAMM, Maurice Benjamin (2100951) Maurice was a 20-year-old clerk when he joined the CEF on November 1, 1917. He had been born in Mahone Bay and listed his mother, Mary Hamm of Mahone Bay as his next of kin. Maurice went overseas with the 10th Siege Battery of the Canadian Garrison Artillery and was stricken by the Spanish influenza on November 8, 1918. He returned to Mahone Bay in the spring of 1919 in a much weakened condition. On March 10, 1922, Maurice succumbed to the effects of that influenza. HAMM, James St. Clair (2700736) James enlisted in the 6th Battalion Canadian Garrison Regiment on November 6, 1918 in Halifax. He was the son of David and Selina Hamm and was serving as an active militia soldier in July 1916 when he married Gladys J. O'Brien of Pleasantville. HAMMOND, James Angus (415196) James was born on September 23, 1888 in New Germany and enlisted in the 40th Battalion on April 13, 1915, in Liverpool. His next of kin was recorded as being his mother Mrs. James Hammond of New Germany. He suffered a gas wound during the war and was sent to the Canadian Red Cross Special Hospital in Buxton, Derbyshire, to recuperate. HAMMOND, Thomas Thomas was born in Scarsdale, Nova Scotia in 1887. He was among more than 200 Mi’kmaq fromAtlantic Canada to volunteer for the Great War. Despite limited civil rights at home and cultural barriers within the military, First Nations enlistments were significant across the country. Thomas joined the 26th New Brunswick Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a Private in 1915, but was tragically killed during the Somme Offensive the following year, on September 17, 1916. He participated in the intense fighting of the Battle of Flers-Courcelette in northern France from which his body was never recovered. He was 29 years old. A number of Mi’kmaq received awards for bravery and distinguished service. One sma’knis (solider), Stephen Toney of Pictou Landing, was among the most decorated snipers in the entire Allied Army.
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