Baetz, John Henry
Service Number 542170.
Lance Corporal.
John was born in German Mills (now part of Kitchener), Ontario on March 23, 1898. He enlisted on July 19, 1916 and served with the 118th Battalion, subsequently transferring to the 2nd Canadian Pioneer Battalion.
At the time of his enlistment he lived with his parents, John Sr. and Hannah, at 85 Elgin Street, Berlin (now Kitchener) Ontario. He was a Methodist.
Prior to his enlistment, he was a draftsman.
He survived the war and in July 1922 emigrated to the United States at Detroit. He listed his trade as a tinsmith. On December 24, 1924 he married 19 year old Margaret Harrison of Windsor, in Windsor, Ontario. The couple then moved to Baltimore, Maryland.
John died on February 14, 1980, at the age of 81, in Polk County, Florida.
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Baetz, John H.
Private.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Baetz, 85 Elgin St.,Kitchener, Ontario.
Methodist.
Unmarried.
Private Frank Leo Edward Bowen was born in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. on November 8th, 1894. He was one of the many Americans who volunteered to serve in Canadian military units before the United States entered the War.
On April 2nd, 1916 Frank enlisted at Kitchener in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 118th (North Waterloo County) Overseas Infantry Battalion, Regimental Number 751615. He lived on Herbert Street, Waterloo and worked as a jockey. He was Roman Catholic and identified as Caucasian.
On June 5, 1917, two months after the United States declared war on Germany and officially entered World War 1, Frank registered for the American Selective Service Draft at West Precinct, Highland Park, Jefferson County, Kentucky. At that time, he lived at Douglas Park Racetrack, Highland Park, where he worked as a groom.
His father, William T. Bowen, lived at 428 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, Maryland.
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Bowen, Frank L.
Private.
He enlisted in Kitchener.
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Clement, David Ward
Aviation Gunner.
Enlisted with 118th Battalion of North Waterloo as a private. He went with his Battalion to London, to Camp Borden and back again to London. He transferred to 5th Royal Highlanders of Montreal. After service in France he transferred again to 42nd Highlanders and last to the Imperial Aviation Corps.
Methodist.
He was born in Kitchener, September 2, 1897 and educated at the Public Schools of Kitchener and the Collegiate Institute of Kitchener and Waterloo. Also at St. Andrew's College, Toronto.
He went overseas December 1916 and to France in February 1917. He served there with 42nd Highlanders until July 1917 when he entered the Imperial Aviation corps and qualified as Aviation Gunner and Observer.
He was killed on Sunday, December 2, 1917 in a collision of flying machines in France. He was buried at Aire, Pas de Calais, France.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Clement, 51 Benton Street, Kitchener.
