Bach, George Conrad
Private.
Regiment Number 751706.
Born October 18, 1886 in Wellesley Township, Waterloo County, to Andrew Bach and Mina Foerter.
Lutheran.
He enlisted in Berlin, Ontario, on April 25, 1916, with the 118th Battalion, North Waterloo Overseas division. The 118th Battalion sailed from Canada January 1917 to England. The men were absorbed by the 25th Reserve Battalion of England and were the combat infantry at the front in France and Flanders.
According to the 1920 US census, George was living in Buffalo, NY with his wife, Anna M. Bach and son, Earl J. Bach.
George is buried at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Breslau, Ontario.
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Bach, George C.
Private.
He enlisted at Kitchener.
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Battenberg, Oscar Henry Ziegler
Private.
Enlisted May 18, 1918 with 75th Battalion.
Lutheran.
Born in Kurtzville, Wallace Township, Oct. 2, 1896 and educated at Wellesley Public School and at colleges at Fort Wayne and St. Louis, U.S.A.
He is now at Witley Camp in England has seen no active service.
His parents are Rev. and Mrs. H. Battenberg, Wellesley, Ontario.
Arthur and Esther Battenberg, Wellesley, Ontario.
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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Bivour, Stewart George
Private.
Regiment number 751278
Stewart was born on May 10, 1892 in Crosshill, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada and adopted by Frederick Bivour and Christina Margaret Sutter.
Stewart enlisted with the 118th Battalion Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, on January 3rd, 1916 in Kitchener, Ontario. He served 9 months and returned home. Stewart was drafted on May 29, 1917 and re-enlisted June 26, 1917 with the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. His next of kin was wife Anna Bryant Bivour of 202 Englwood, Detroit Michigan, USA. According to Attestation papers, the certificate of medical examination deemed him fit for service but listed left middle and ring finger movement impaired. Length of service before returning home is unknown.
Stewart's wife Anna died on January 9th, 1921. He re-married Annie Pearl Chapin on September 25th, 1922. His residence at the time of marriage was Wellesley, Ontario.
Lutheran.
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Bivour, Stewart
Private.
He enlisted at Kitchener.
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Dewar, James Alexander
Gunner.
Enlisted May 12, 1917 with 64th Battery and since became signaller.
Presbyterian.
Born January 3, 1896 at Wellesley, educated at Wellesley S.S. No. 16 and at Stratford Collegiate.
Unmarried.
He is still on duty in France.
He trained at Petawawa for five months, eight months in England and since he has been in France and across the Rhine in Germany.
His mother is Mrs. Catharine Dewar, Wellesley, Ontario.
M. Albert Lotz, Wellesley, Ontario.
Private Harry Alexander Dingwall, Regimental/service number 730549, enlisted on February 27, 1916 in Galt, Ontario with the 111th Battalion. He was the son of Alexander J. Dingwall and Hannah Rudy of 53 Shade Street, Galt, Ontario. Harry was born on June 4, 1893 in Wellesley Township, Ontario. At the time of his enlistment, he was a machinist, single, and Presbyterian.
He served with the 13th Company of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps in France. Private Dingwall was killed in action at Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917.
He was buried in the Nine Elms Military Cemetery in Thelus, France.
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Dingwall, Harry Alexander
Private.
Enlisted at Galt, February 28, 1916 with the 111th Batt.
He was born in Canada and his next of kin is Mrs. Hannah Dingwall, 53 Shade St., Galt.
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Doherty, C. J.
[clipping] C. J. Doherty March 5 1941
[KDRIS]
[N} Pte. C. J. Doherty
[HA]
[CO] Bartender
[PB] Wellesley
[FME] none
[PR] Pte.
[DE] July
[UE] 24th Field Ambulance
[MS] Single
[S] Pte. C. J. Doherty
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Faulhafer, Jack
[Clipping]Record, 26 Nov 1945
Jack Faulhafer, Wellesley, Home
[image]Pte. Jack Faulhafer
Wellesley, Nov. 26—Pte. Jack Faulhafer, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Faulhafer, is home on leave having returned from overseas with the Essex Scottish Regiment. He made the trip on the Queen Elizabeth.
Pte. Faulhafer joined the Scots Fusiliers soon after the regiment was mobilized. He trained at Camp Borden, Allenburg and Niagara-on-the-Lake.
He went overseas early in 1943 and on his arrival in England was posted to the Essex Scottish serving with tat regiment in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.
He suffered a slight head wound in Belgium but did not require hospitalization.
[Clipping]13 Feb 1945
Coming Up For Air
These Canadians, serving with a famous Canadian Scottish Regiment in Holland, come up from their dugout in the front lines for a bit of fresh air. They are, Pte. Jack Faulhafer of Wellesley, in front, and Cpl. John Smyth of Woodstock.
The stone part of this structure was built in 1859. The building was used as S.S. 16, Wellesley's third school, replacing two earlier log structures. It also served as a town hall for a period of time. In 1966, it was also known as "Mennonite Hall" and was located beside St. Mark's Lutheran Church. In the late 1960's, Maple View and Crosshill Mennonite churches purchased the building.
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