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Bailey, Wilbert Rudolph
Pay Sergeant.
Enlisted with 118th Battalion at Kitchener, November 26, 1915.
He is the son of Mrs. Clara Bailey, of Waterloo. He was born in Canada and received his education in Kitchener.
Methodist.
He transferred from the 118th Battalion to 25th Reserve Battalion to 26th Reserve at Bramshott and to the Young Soldiers' Battalion.
He was born in 1893 and married Lilian Dorothy Walker.
He went to London on May 22, 1916, moved to Camp Borden July 9, 1916, returned to London November 9, 1916. Then he went to Halifax, N.S. on January 26, 1917. He camped at Bramshott and Rhyl North Wales.
He worked on the Canadian Army Pay Corps.
He was discharged in London and is living in Preston, Ontario, Box. 106.
Bertha Crawley, Preston, Ontario.
James was born March 27, 1893, Blenheim Township and the son of John and Margaret Bell. He enlisted with the 111th in February 1916 in Galt, Ontario. His Attestation Papers describe him as 5'11" tall, with brown eyes, black hair and no distinguishing marks. James was Presbyterian in faith and was working as a hardware clerk. His 2 brothers, Robert Pedon and Roy Crawford also served.
While overseas he served with the 1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corp. He was twice gassed and once slightly wounded while serving. James won the Military Medal for the assault at Passchendaele. He was promoted to Sergeant on February 22, 1918. James returned home aboard the Lapland which docked in Halifax in early March 1919. James was discharged March 21, 1919, London, Ontario. It is noted on these papers that he has scars on both shins.
James married Florence Morgan in 1926 and they had one daughter. He worked as a salesman for the A.P. Green Fire Brick Company and the family lived in London, Ontario. He died here on January 13, 1943 and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London.
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Bell, James Thyne
Corporal.
Enlisted with 111th Battalion and went overseas in 1916.
He served eighteen months in France and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery.
He is the son of Mrs. Margaret Bell, 32 Cameron St., Galt, Ontario.
He enlisted with 111th Battalion at Galt, March 6, 1916. Born in Canada.
Since his return he lives at 52 Rich Avenue, Galt.
Bender, Louis Cornelius
Private.
Private Louis Cornelius Bender, son of Rosina Seck (Heck, Hecke) and Adam Bender, was born on a farm just outside Bamberg, Ontario on November 11, 1887. Louis was the 7th of 10 children. He was baptised Ludwig Bender on November 20, 1887 in St. Agatha Roman Catholic Church, St. Agatha, Ontario by Rev. J. Schweitzer. Sponsors for his baptism were Louis Strauss and Maria Strauss.
Louis was working for Mr. J. Lister as a gas driller and lived in Byng, Ontario, when he enlisted in the Canadian Army on April 26, 1916. According to his Attestation Paper he was only 5' 31/2" tall, had a fair complexion, blue eyes and fair hair. His father Adam Bender is listed as next of kin.
On October 31, 1916 Louis sailed from Halifax on the S.S.Caronia. He served with the 114th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces in Canada, Britain and France. Private Louis Bender fought in World War I in the Canadian Infantry Central Ontario Regiment in the 4th Battalion. He was recognized by his regimental number: 739340.
Louis was killed in action on Friday, August 9, 1918, on the 2nd day of the Battle of Amiens. He was one of a Lewis Gun crew and was temporarily engaged on patrol work, when he was hit in the head by a bullet from the rifle of an enemy sniper and almost instantly killed at the Hindenburg Line. Louis was buried in Bouchoir New British Cemetery in Somme, France, Plot 2, Row A, Grave 32. He was bestowed with the British War Medal and Victory Medal. His name is on the Wellesley Cenotaph located in Linwood, Ontario.
An extended version of this biography, prepared by the students of Megan Lowe's Grade 5 class of Forest Hill Elementary School (Kitchener), is available upon request in the Grace Schmidt Room of Local History.
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Bender, Louis
Private.
Killed in action.
His home was in St. Clements.
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Brine, Bernard
[clipping] 11 Jun. 1940
Pte. B.R. Brine
Bernard R. Brine, assistant in the circulation department of The Galt Daily Reporter for the past three years and in the employ of the paper for 11 years, left today to join his active service unit, the H.L.I. of C.
Pte. Brine was born in Halifax, N.S., on Jan. 24, 1912 ans was educated in Halifax. He is married and has one daughter. His home is at 4 Beverly street. He joined the Reporter staff as a stereotyper and later worked in the circulation department.
He signed up on June 7 with the H.L.I. of C., becoming the third in his family to join the army. Cpl. Louis Brine is with the 11th Field Ambulance, 2nd Division, and Pte. Edward Brine is with the R.C.R. of the 1st Division. They are his brothers. His father served in the last war. His religion is Roman Catholic.
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Brine Thomas J
[clipping] Galt 2 Aug 1940
Thomas J. Brine
Pte. Thomas J. Brine enlisted with the H.L.I. of C. June 18, 1940, and is one of three brothers on active service. Ed Brine is in England with the R.C.R. and Louis is at Camp Borden with the 11th Field Ambulance, Pte. Brine was born at Halifax, N.S., and went to school there.
He was a shipper at Newlands before enlisting. He is married, his wife and two children living at 51 Harris St. His religion is Roman Catholic. During the last war his father and two uncles saw active service.
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Bullock, Alfred John
Sapper.
Enlisted January 3, 1918 with Western Ontario Regiment and transferred to Canadian Engineers.
Presbyterian.
Born at Doon, Ontario, in 1885 and educated there.
Unmarried.
He was discharged March 16, 1919 and is living in Galt.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bullock are his next of kin.
He served fourteen months, seven months of which were spent in Halifax.
Dorothy Bullock, Preston, Ontario.
Edward Alfred Gambling enlisted as a Private in Berlin, Ontario on January 25th 1915. His religion was Church of England and his trade was an engineer. Prior military experience included service with the 29th Regiment and four years with the 6th City of London Rifles Regiment. He became a Trooper in the 2nd Canadian Divisional Cavalry Squadron, part of the First Hussars Battalion.
Born in England on December 15th 1879 in Sheerness-on-Sea, Sheppey, Kent, he was the oldest of several siblings. The family lived in Greenwich. On April 11th 1903 he married Elizabeth Angell, aged 24, at Greenwich East Christ Church. They and their children emigrated in 1912, arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia and settling in Preston, Ontario.
After the war the family continued to live in Preston where Edward worked for 32 years as an engineer for the local Public Utility Commission, retiring in 1952.
Edward died on September 28th 1960 and is buried in Park Lawn Cemetery, Cambridge, alongside Elizabeth, his wife, who died in July 1958. As a past president of the local Canadian Legion, a Legion Plaque marks the grave. He was survived by a son, three daughters and four grandchildren as well as his brother James of Preston and a brother and two sisters in England.
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Gambling, Edward A
Private.
He enlisted from Preston and has returned there from service overseas.
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Wahl, Laender
Sergeant.
Sergeant Leander Wahl, son of Andrew Wahl of St. Jacobs, enlisted at London December 13th, 1915.
He trained at Carling Camp and Camp Bordon.
He left Halifax for overseas on August 22nd, 1916 on the Olympic.
In England, he trained at Witley Camp and Bramshott,and served as Pay Sergeant for 135th Infantry Battalion, on Staff of Command Paymaster Liphook, Hauts, and Cashier C.A.P.C. Supply Sales Dept. Bramshott area.
He received his stripes and four blue chevrons September 11th, 1916.
He sailed from Liverpool August 17th, 1919, on the S.S. Belgic for Halifax, and received his discharge August 31st, 1919.
