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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.
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Private John Groeneveld joined the 94th Battalion in February 1916 in Kenora, Ontario. He served in Canada for four months and was discharged in June 1916 for medical reasons. John or Johannes was born on 20 July 1898 in Woerden, Holland (the Netherlands). His parents were Herman Groeneveld, a carpenter, and Tryntje Timmerman. Herman and… Read More »
George Alban Swanson was born on 18 March 1890 in Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora), Ontario. His father George Christian Swanson was from Norway while his mother Annie Grace Lesett was from England. Over the years George Sr worked as a railway section foreman, miner, and forest ranger. Children born to the family in Rat… Read More »
According to his attestation papers, Edward was born on 13 September 1897 in West York; a birth registration for Edward lists the county as Ontario while a family tree on ancestry.ca gives his place of birth as Zephyr, Scott Township. Edward’s father Albert was from London, England while his mother Elizabeth Ann Foote was from… Read More »
Charles Alcock was born on March 26, 1869, in Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario. He was one of at least 14 children of Joseph Samuel Alcock and Sarah Ann Belch. When the 1891 census was taken his parents were still living in the Belleville area where his father was farming. By 1901 Charles and his family… Read More »
Private William Curle Conn was called up in December 1917 and served for a short time in the Royal Air Force. He was discharged for medical reasons in July 1918. William was born on 10 March 1890 in the village of Douglas, Manitoba. His parents, Robert Conn and Mary Ellen Curle, were both born in… Read More »
Private Arthur George Awcock enlisted in April 1916 and served overseas with the 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers). He was wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele but he survived the war and returned to Canada in January 1919. Arthur was the son of Edward and Mary Awcock of Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England. He was born on… Read More »
Harley Burton Anderson was born on 16 September 1898, birth registered in the township of Bayham, Elgin, Ontario. By most accounts he was born in Straffordville within Bayham. His parents Daniel Anderson and Lucinda Almyra Hilts, both from Ontario, had married on 1 January 1896 in nearby Tilsonburg. Harley had three sisters, Elva Pearl (b1896… Read More »
Private Arthur Stanley Blackburn was called up for service in January 1918 and he arrived in France seven months later. He served with the 27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion in the last months of the war and returned to Canada in March 1919. Arthur Stanley (sometimes spelled Standley) was most likely born in Vincennes Township,… Read More »
Private George Stanley Bock was the only child of William Bock and Sarah Jane Dowsett of Spring Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. His parents were both born in Ontario, William in Waterloo County and Sarah in Leeds County. They were married in June 1895 and Stanley was born in Spring Bay on 24 October 1896. William… Read More »
Corporal William Robertson was 52 years old when he enlisted in July 1916. He served in France with the Canadian Forestry Corps and returned to Canada in December 1917. William was born on 8 November 1863 in Cupar, County of Fife, Scotland. His wife, Bertha Louisa Thompson, was born in Lancashire, England. They were married… Read More »
