PTE. THÉOPHILE ARSENAULT

Pte. Théophile Arsenault, son of Léon (Jean O.) Arsenault and Elizabeth LeBlanc, served in the First War in England and in France. He was killed in action on May 5, 1917 at the age of 19.

Pte. Théophile Arsenault, son of Sylvain Arsenault and Madeleine LeClair, served overseas in the 105^th Bn. during World War I. He received the British War Medal.

He enlisted with the Veterans Guard of Canada serving from 1939 to 1945.

He received the 1939-1945 Star and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.

Pte. Ulric J. Octave (Spud) Arsenault, son of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Félix Arsenault, enlisted in the First War at age 16, on November 30, 1915. He served in Canada and overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the 105^th and 26^th Bn.

He was twice wounded in action while serving in France (Amiens, August, 1916). In a letter to his mother, he made the remark that anyone who served in the trenches in France during World War I can face anything.

He was discharged on January 10, 1919 in Charlottetown. Spud is remembered for making a gold discovery near Yellowknife after the war.

He is buried in Summerside.

He served in France and in Belgium with the Canadian Army and was discharged in January, 1919.

He re-enlisted in the Veterans Guard of Canada in 1940 and served in Canada and in the U.S.A. until his discharge in December, 1944.

Pte. William Arsenault, son of Arcade and Adeline Arsenault, worked for the postal service in the American Army during World War I.

Pte Glorice Aucoin (Wedge), son of Aimé Aucoin and Marie Poirier, enlisted in the First World War in 1915.

He served with the 105^th Bn. in Canada and in Europe and was discharged in 1919.

Ada Gertrude Ayers, daughter of Patrick Ayers and Jane Rowe, served in the Navy Nurse Corps of the American Expeditionary Force in England from 1918 to 1919. Later she was sent by the American Red Cross to do relief work in Siberia, travelling from there to Paris and Warsaw before being put in charge of a Red Cross hospital in Bailystok where she worked until it was evacuated because of the approaching Bolsheviks.

Returning to the U.S.A. after her overseas service, Ada remained in Rhode Island until 1927 when she went to Hawaii as superintendent of Hilo Memorial Hospital.

Ada died in 1940 and was buried with full military honors in Homelani Cemetery, Hilo, Hawaii.

(Excerpt taken from: By the Old Mill Stream)

Pte. James Bernard Ayers, son of James P. Ayers and Elizabeth Praught, served in World War I.

The family records show that during the war, James and a comrade-in-arms were at the front together in France with very little food. Meeting an elderly woman milking a cow, his comrade who did his schooling in Abram's Village and spoke French fluently, spoke to her in French and she gave them shelter, food and milk. Jim used to relate that this incident may have saved his life in war days.

Pte. Arthur James Baglole, son of James and Laura Baglole, served in Canada and in England from 1917 to 1918. He was discharged on July 18, 1919.

He also served in World War II from 1941-1946 in Canada and in the Carribean. He was discharged on July 15, 1946.

Pte. Oliver James Baglole, enlisted in the 105^th Bn. (C.E.F.) on December 23, 1916.

He served in Canada and in England and was discharged in Halifax on January 18, 1918.