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PTE. DOSITHÉE RICHARD
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Pte. Dosithée
Richard, son of Jack (Lamant) Richard and Marie Rose Melanson, enlisted in the First World
War (Canadian Expeditionary Force) in November, 1914 at the age of 17.
After military training at Valcartier, Qué., he embarked for England and
saw action in France.
He was killed in action in France in November, 1917 by a high explosive
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Pte.
Stanislaus Richard, son of Fred Richard and Adéline Arsenault, enlisted in the Canadian
Army on January 5, 1918.
He served with the 2nd Division, 5th Bn. Canadian
Engineers in England, France, Belgium and Germany. He received the 1914-1918 War Medal and
was discharged on May 25, 1919. |
PTE. STANISLAUS RICHARD |
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PTE. SYLVERE RICHARD |
Pte. Sylvère Richard, son of Joseph T. Richard and Ovéline Arsenault, enlisted in the
army at Charlottetown in July, 1915.
He served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Light Horse
Artillery.
After training at Valcartier, Qué., he proceeded to England for further
training.
He saw action in France, took part in the battles of Vimy Ridge and Ypres
and was killed in action on September 20, 1918. |
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Pte.
Alfred Wedge, son of Joseph Wedge and Joséphine Poirier, joined the
105th Bn. with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on May 9, 1917 and served in
Canada, Britain and France with the 26th Bn. He was discharged March 28, 1919
and was awarded the British War and Victory Medals.
Local information has it that Anthony White saved his life. |
PTE. ALFRED WEDGE |
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PTE. ALBAN WHITE (LeBLANC) |
Pte. Alban White
(LeBlanc), son of Hypolite LeBlanc and Marguerite Barriault, enlisted in the Canadian Army
on January 16, 1917.
He served in the 105th and 26th Bn. in France.
He was discharged on May 19, 1919. |
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Pte. Anthony White, son of Hypolite LeBlanc and Marguerite Barriault, served in both World
Wars. Excerpt from the book: "By the Old Mill Stream" "Anthony was in
the 105th Regiment during World War I and was under the command of Col. Strong.
He worked as a stretcher bearer. It was while at the front line of battle with shelling
going on around him that he retrieved one of his buddies who had been wounded on the field
of battle. He looked after his friend's wounds and brought him back to safety and by his
bravery and lack of regard for himself, Anthony earned the Military Medal and Bar. This
medal had been instituted by King George V and consisted of a silver medal with the Royal
effigy on one side and the words "For Bravery".
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PTE. ANTHONY WHITE |
Anna May, Anthony's wife recalls a story he used to repeat often.
In 1918 while on the front line of combat one of his buddies and friend by the name of
Somers was severely wounded and was left on the battle field. Anthony came along and
bandaged his wounds tightly to stop the blood and thinking that he was dead as there
seemed to be no life left in him, took his rifle and stuck the butt end of the bayonet in
the ground and hung his helmet on the rifle so that the retrieving party would pick him
up. Then he kept on moving with his regiment.
On Armistice Day, November 11, Anthony was wounded in the back and had to enter hospital
for three months lying on his stomach. After he was well enough, he was transferred to a
veterans' hospital in England. It was on the way to England by boat that he met up with
his friend Somers whom he had left on the battlefield as a dead person and thought surely
he was seeing a ghost. But sure enough it was his friend Somers who told him that he had
heard what he said but could not answer and was picked up later in the day by another
party.
Anthony joined the Veterans' Guard in the Second World War and accompanied many German
prisoners to various spots including Cochrane, Ont. He was stationed at Dartmouth, N.S.;
St. Stephen, N.B.; Ripples, N.B. and Valcartier, Qué. He died on June 11, 1975. |
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GNR. P. J. WILLIAMS
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Gnr.
P. J. Williams enlisted in the Canadian Army on July 19, 1915.
He served as bombardier with the 98th Siège Bty. |
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