Canada Post Employees in World War I
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CANADA POST HERITAGE CLUB HONOURING OUR OWN CANADA POST EMPLOYEES IN WORLD WAR I Information researched and compiled by Van-Fraser Heritage Club Members Jim Bain Heather Ferguson Joan Garlick 2 ACKLAND, ERNEST Number: 4020850 Private, 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment Conscripted October 18, 1917, Ottawa Volunteered to serve in Europe January 9, 1918 with the 72nd Battery, Canadian Field Artillery Letter Carrier, Ottawa 76 John Street, Ottawa Born May 23, 1889 Ottawa Ontario ADAIR, RICHARD DICK Number: 255050 Private, 210th Battalion Volunteered May 19, 1916, Moose Jaw Postal Clerk, Moose Jaw 253 River Street East, Moose Jaw Born February 7, 1896 Wishaw, Scotland ADAMS, MELFORT Sapper, 4th Canadian Enginers Number: 5019 Volunteered October 21, 1916, Camp Hughes Railway Mail Clerk, Saskatoon General Delivery, Deer Lodge Born April 27, 1894 Melfort, Saskatchewan ADAMS, VICTOR Number: 23231 Private, 5th Mounted Rifles, Sherbrooke Hussars Volunteered September 23, 1914, Valcartier Postal Clerk, Sherbrooke QC 15 Railroad Street, Lennoxville QC Born December 12, 1890 Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England ADAMSON, ALEXANDER ERIC Private, 9th Battalion, Edmonton Fusiliers Number: 18905 Volunteered September 21, 1914, Valcartier Postal Clerk, Edmonton 9722 105th Street, Edmonton Born June 20, 1891 Edmonton, Alberta Hospitalized June 6 to 9, 1917 with a severe facial infection. AGASSIZ, HAROLD ROMILLY GARNAULT Number: 237777 Private 204th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Canada Volunteered May 8, 1916, Toronto Postal Clerk, Toronto 15 Cedar Avenue, Toronto Born March 3, 182 Valetta, Malta Married to Emma Agassiz 3 AGNEW, WILLARD VICTOR Number: 308700 Sergeant, 44th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery Volunteered February 4, 1916, Prince Albert Postal Clerk, Prince Albert 133 19th Street East, Prince Albert Born May 3, 1897 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Hospitalized in France with Enteric (Typhoid) Fever, August 24 to September 17, 1916 AINSLEE, CHARLES R. Canada Post Records show Winnipeg Postal Clerk C.R. Ainslee on Military Leave but no Military Records located. AIRD, GEORGE DOIG Number: 246368 Private, 207th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Volunteered May 25, 1916, Ottawa Postal Clerk, Ottawa 56 Frank Street, Ottawa Born July 19, 1870 York, Ontario Married to Zella Aird Obtained “Discharge by Purchase” August 16, 1916, Ottawa ON AITKEN, MALCOLM GRAEME Sergeant, Canadian Army Postal Corps Number: 35221 Volunteered December 23, 1914, Calgary Postal Clerk, Calgary 710 16th Street NW, Calgary Born May 23, 1889 London, England AITKEN, TEMPEST Number: 231424 Private, 202nd Battalion, Edmonton Fusiliers, Alberta Dragoons Volunteered April 1, 1916, Edmonton Letter Carrier, Edmonton 76th Avenue/Clover Bar Road, Edmonton Born September 27, 1889 Prestwich, Manchester, England AITKEN, WILLIAM ALEXANDER Private, Canadian Army Service Corps Number: 512051 Volunteered November 22, 1915 Letter Carrier (and Carpenter), Winnipeg 496 Banning Street, Winnipeg Born October 8, 1888 Glasgow, Scotland 4 ALCOCK, CHARLES HERCULES Private 198th Battalion, Canadian Buffs Number: 916839 Volunteered May 16, 1916, Toronto Letter Carrier, Toronto 236 Marguerretta Street, Toronto Born April 28, 1890 Toronto, Ontario ALCOCK, ROY ALEXANDER Number: 916739 Private, 198th Battalion, Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Volunteered April 26, 1916, Toronto Postal Clerk, Toronto 236 Marguerite Street, Toronto Born March 2, 1898 Toronto, Ontario Was penalized on three occasions for being absent from duty prior to departure to Europe. Was determined to be “Medically Unfit” on June 28, 1918 and returned to Canada for discharge on October 19, 1918. ALDERSON, ALBERT CHARLES Number: 510654 Private, 14th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery Volunteered October 14, 1915, Toronto Postal Clerk, Toronto 798 Gerrard Street East, Toronto Married to Esther Alderson Born March 4, 1890 Toronto, Ontario ALEXANDER, WALTER CHARLES Private, 2nd Battalion, Governor General’s Foot Guards Number: 7827 Volunteered September 22, 1914, Valcartier QC Postal Clerk, Ottawa ON 77 Lees Avenue, Ottawa ON Born December 1, 1892 Ottawa, Ontario Reported Missing and presumed to have died April 24, 1915, Battle of St. Julien No known grave. Name listed on the Menin Gate Survived by parents Fred and Lucretia Alexander, Ottawa ON ALLARD, ALPHONSE JOSEPH Quartermaster Sergeant, Canadian Army Service Corps Number: 504 Volunteered September 24, 1914, Valcartier Railway Mail Clerk, Montreal No address on Certificate of Attestation No Birthdate available Died June 9, 1915 Buried St. Joseph de Sorel Cemetery, Montreal QC Survived by wife Stephanie Allard ALLARD, FRANK Sergeant, Number 2 Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps Number: 400061 Volunteered October 12, 1915, Winnipeg Letter Carrier, Winnipeg 522 Styles Street, Winnipeg Born October 23, 1889 Newlyn, Penzance, England Married to Mabel Allard Contracted Malaria serving Salonica, Greece with attacks in August 1916 and January 1917. 5 ALLEN, GEORGE C. Post Office Records show Vancouver Railway Mail Clerk G.C. Allen on Military Leave but no Military Records located. ALLEN, JAMES Private, 24th Battalion, Victoria Rifles Number: 65011 Volunteered November 7, 1914, Valcartier Letter Carrier, Sherbrooke No address shown on Certificate of Attestation Born July 17, 1887 Lennoxville, Quebec Discharged as Medically Unfit April 30, 1915. ALLEN, SIDNEY Staff Sergeant, Canadian Army Service Corps Number: 5081 Volunteered November 14, 1916, Winnipeg Railway Mail Clerk, Winnipeg 335 Carlton Street, Winnipeg Born August 3, 1889 London, England ALLEN, WILLIAM ARTHUR Corporal, Canadian Army Postal Corps Number: 515176 Volunteered May 16, 1916, Halifax Postal Clerk, Summerside P.E.I. Summerside P.O. Born July 10, 1890 Summerside, Prince Edward Island AMBRIDGE, WILLIAM GEORGE Private, Canadian Army Service Corps Number: 510107 Volunteered September 10, 1915, Ottawa Postal Clerk, Ottawa 473 Besserrer Street, Ottawa Born November 10, 1891 Ottawa, Ontario Discharged as “Medically Unfit”, October 28, 1915 AMIRAULT, EMILE DENISE Private, 1st Depot Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment Number: 3186901 Conscripted May 31, 1918, Halifax Railway Mail Clerk, Halifax General Delivery, Digby Born September 5, 1896 New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia 6 AMORY, ALFRED HOWARD Corporal, Canadian Army Service Corps, 2nd Division Supply Column Number: 183 Volunteered December 7, 1914, Toronto 602 Bathurst Street, Toronto Postal Clerk, Toronto Born October 20, 1886 London, England Married to Beatrice Amory Served with the Canadian Army Scouts in South African War ANDERSON, ROY Sergeant, 72nd Battery, Canadian Field Artillery Number: 342853 Volunteered October 5, 1916, Petawawa, ON Postal Clerk, Ottawa 5 Central Avenue, Ottawa Born December 22, 1895, Carleton, Ontario ANDERSON, WILLIAM FOSTER Driver, 68th O/S Field Artillery Number: 338856 Volunteered May 1, 1916, Vancouver Postal Clerk, Vancouver 755 East 29th Avenue, Vancouver Born May 23, 1878 Halifax, Yorkshire, England Married to Hannah Anderson ANDREWS, HAROLD GIBSON Private, 1st Depot Battalion, Manitoba Regiment Number: 2382085 Conscripted April 19, 1918, Winnipeg Volunteered for service in Europe with the 78th Battalion, Winnipeg Grenadiers Postal Clerk, Winnipeg 405 Home Street, Winnipeg Born August 5, 1883 Woburn, Bedfordshire, England Married to Baldina Andrew ANDREWS, THOMAS Private, 50th Battalion, The Calgary Regiment Number: 434771 Volunteered January 22, 1915, Calgary Railway Mail Clerk, Calgary 2024 4th Avenue NW, Calgary Born August 10, 1897 London, England Suffered a shrapnel wound, right arm and shoulder January 9, 1917. Discharged Medically Unfit February 15, 1918. ANSTEY, WILLIAM JAMES Corporal, 86th Battalion (Machine Gun), Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Number: 174502 Volunteered September 9, 1915, Hamilton Letter Carrier, Hamilton 129 Fennel Avenue, Hamilton Married to Francis Alma Anstey 7 ARASON, SKAPTI Private, 1st Depot Battalion, Manitoba Regiment Number: 4070361 Conscripted November 11, 1917, Winnipeg Postmaster (and Farmer), Husavick MB Husavick P.O. Born March 22, 1888 Husavick, Manitoba ARCHIBALD, ALFRED JAMES Number: 222447 Private, 85th Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders Volunteered October 19, 1915, Halifax Transferred to the Canadian Army Postal Corps, January 17, 1916, London, England Railway Mail Clerk, Truro NS Born November 18, 1887 Springhill, Nova Scotia Married to Georgia Archibald. Daughter Elizabeth. ARDOINO, GEORGE Canada Post Records show Winnipeg Postal Clerk G. Ardoino on Military Leave but no Military Records located. ARMSTRONG, FREDERICK WILLIAM Number: 186013 Private, 90th Battalion, Winnipeg Rifles Volunteered September 10, 1915, Winnipeg Railway Mail Clerk, Winnipeg No address shown on Certificate of Attestation Born January 25, 1888 Appleby, Westmoreland, England ARMSTRONG, GEORGE ERNEST Private, 43rd Battalion, Cameron Highlanders of Winnipeg Number: 414520 Volunteered February 15, 1915, Brandon Letter Carrier, Brandon 651 Rideau Street, Brandon Born July 29, 1890 Portsmouth, Devon, England ARMSTRONG, HAROLD THOMAS Number: 132758 Lance Corporal, 73rd Battalion, Royal Highlanders Volunteered October 25, 1915, Ottawa No Address shown on Certificate of Attestation Postal Clerk, Ottawa Born January 27, 1887 Shawville, Quebec 8 ARMSTRONG, ROBERT JOHN Post Office Records show Calgary Railway Mail Clerk R.J. Armstrong on Military Leave but no Military Records located. ARMSTRONG, ROY Number: 34285 Private, 72nd Battery, Canadian Field Artillery Volunteered October 5, 1915, Ottawa Postal Clerk, Ottawa