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Veteran's Stories
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Welcome to our Veteran's Stories page. This page acts as newsletter to share stories and articles we have collected though-out the years. If you are looking for a specific person or story, please use the search bar located at the top.
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Leek, Albert John
Albert John Leek (16yo) Albert John Leek was the first-born child of Earl and Marry Leek; he was born on 21 April 1925 in Kingsclear,...
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Jun 247 min read
Wheary, Rankin
Rankin Wheary Wheary, Rankin Born December 10, 1895 in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Rankin Wheary was the son of Wellington and Jessie...
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Jun 233 min read
Lam, George Steven
George S. Lam George S. Lam, son of James and Julia, was born in Demerara, British Guana, on September 19, 1895. By the time he was 20,...
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Jun 233 min read
James Munroe Franklin
Private Franklin, JM 141432 Franklin, James Munroe On October 12, 1897, James Munroe Franklin was born in Whitaker, Mississippi to Walter...
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Jun 223 min read
Carvery, Vincent
On November 18th, 1918, one week after the Armistice, Private Carvery was given fourteen days F.P. No. 1 for refusing to work and using obsc
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Mar 224 min read
Hall, Belfield Elliott
Private Belfield Elliott Hall (Service Number: 931342) was born in Barbados, British West Indies, and later joined the Canadian Army to...
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Mar 222 min read
Turner, Joseph
Turner enlisted in the No. 2 Construction Battalion at Windsor, Nova Scotia, on October 28th, 1916. He was six feet tall and weighed one hun
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Mar 222 min read
Hamilton, Prescott Hilton
Prescott Hilton Hamilton enlisted at Truro on December 30th, 1916. He was nineteen, five feet seven inches and a Methodist. He listed his m
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Mar 224 min read
Binga, Bethune Devile
He had served one year in the 8th Regiment, US Army, a Michigan unit.
Private Binga left Canada on March 27th, 1917, with No. 2 CB and w
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Mar 226 min read
Parris, Garfield Charles
‘Garfield Parris’ enlisted On December 30th, 1916, at Truro, Nova Scotia. He was nineteen, five feet one inch tall and worked in a quarry.
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Mar 224 min read
Bertrand, Lancelot Joseph
Pte. Bertrand The Canadian Expeditionary Force's First Black Officer There were not many Black soldiers in the first contingent that was...
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Feb 173 min read
Harper, Burton
Burton Harper of Shelburne Nova Scotia was born on May 23rd, 1896 to parents Henry and Emma Harper. His dad was born in 1865 in Queen's...
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Feb 12 min read
Flood Sidney
Flood, Sidney regimental # 931066 November 7 th, 2024, in a moving ceremony held in Toronto and later at Ottawa’s Canadian War Museum,...
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Feb 13 min read
First World War: No. 2 Construction Battalion
No. 2 Construction Battalion was authorized on 5 July 1916, the largest Black unit in Canadian military history.
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Sep 6, 20233 min read
Modesty, Walter Haley
Walter Haley Modesty was born in Platt City, Missouri, USA in the 1870s. He arrived in Canada in the early 1900s and settled in Junkins...
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Aug 30, 20233 min read
Carty, Albert
He was a member of No 2 Construction Battalion Band and played the tuba. His wife’s brothers also enlisted in the Battalion.
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Aug 29, 20233 min read
Watts, Samuel
Samuel Daniel Watts was born in Texas on May 25th, 1882 and immigrated to Canada in 1904. In 1907 he married his wife Margaret in...
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Jun 22, 20232 min read
Jones, Jeremiah “Jerry”
Born at East Mountain, Nova Scotia, on March 30, 1858, Jeremiah “Jerry” Jones was a farmer and teamster living with his wife Ethel (Cook)...
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May 22, 20232 min read
Bright, John
Of over 1,400 Black soldiers who served in the First World War, approximately 100 Black soldiers served in the trenches. Ten of them went...
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May 22, 20232 min read
Butler, Joseph Roger
Sergeant Joseph Roger Butler was born in Richmond, Virginia, USA on November 22, 1878. Butler served with the 9th Cavalry during the...
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Apr 18, 20232 min read
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