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SURNAME | GIVEN | Service # | Hometown | Comments |
Baker | Esau | 3696 | Bishops Falls (b. Southport) | Born 1886 son of Caleb and Theresa (Smith) Baker. He was killed in action Dec. 3, 1917, at the Battle of Cambrai, France. |
Baker | George | 1439 | Gooseberry Cove | Son of Caleb and Theresa Baker. Killed in action 9 October 1917 at Langemarck |
Baker | George Gilbert | 3507 | Southport | Born 1895, son of Henry Thomas and Jane (Cook) Baker. Wounded in right leg and it was amputated. |
Baker | John | 4715 | Hodge’s Cove | Born 1896 son of Joseph and Hannah (Drodge) Baker. Enlisted April 26, 1918. Embarked St. John’s aboard SS Columbella on July 22, 1918. |
Butler | Alfred Francis | 460 | Hodge’s Cove (b. Griquet) | Brother of Rev. W. A. Butler, who was the Anglican clergyman in Hodge’s Cove at that time. Born 1892 in Griquet, Newfoundland. |
Churchill | Abel | 5411 | Hillview | Born 1897 son of James and Susanna (Cooper) Churchill. Enlisted on May 23, 1918. Embarked St. John’s aboard SS Columbella on July 22, 1918. |
Churchill | Eldred | 4857 | Hodge’s Cove | Born October 22, 1898 son of Ambrose and Margaret Ann (Pinhorn) Churchill. Enlisted May 1, 1918. Embarked St. John’s by train to Halifax for overseas on June 11, 1918 |
Gosse | Richard | 5196 | Queen’s Cove | Born 1899 son of Eleazer and Rhoda (Smith) Gosse. Enlisted May 20, 1918. |
Green | Bartlett | 5363 | St. Jones Without | Born 1896 son of Caleb and Leah (Follett) Green. Enlisted May 23, 1918. Embarked St. John’s aboard SS Columbella on July 22, 1918. |
Green | Hubert | 3128 | Hillview | Born 1895 son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Barrett) Green. Enlisted October 4, 1916. Embarked St. John’s on January 1, 1917. |
Jacobs | Arthur | 4996 | Little Heart’s Ease | Born 1897 son of William and Mary (Avery) Jacobs. Enlisted May 11, 1918. Embarked St. John’s aboard SS Columbella on July 22, 1918. |
Jacobs | Levi | 4973 | Little Heart’s Ease | Born 1897 son of William and Hannah (Spurrell) Jacobs. Enlisted May 9, 1918. Embarked St. John’s on July 11, 1918 aboard a train bound for Halifax. From Halifax, he travelled overseas. |
King | William John | 5441 | St. Jones Within | Born 1898 son of Matthias and Hannah (Stanford) King. Enlisted May 25, 1918 in Royal Newfoundland Regiment after being refused by Royal Newfoundland Navy. |
Lambert | John | 1744 | Southport | Born 1896 son of Samuel and Rebecca (Smith) Lambert. John died April 7, 1916 of scarlet fever. He is buried in Ayr, Scotland. |
Marsh | Absalom | 4785 | Hillview | Born 1899 son of Joseph and Mary (Hyde) Marsh. Enlisted April 29, 1918. Assigned special duty Bishop Falls. |
Peddle | William John | 5288 | Little Heart’s Ease | Born 1892 son of Jacob and Madora (Spurrell) Peddle. Enlisted May 22, 1918. Embarked St. John’s aboard SS Columbella on July 22, 1918. |
Seaward | Horatius | 172 | Southport | Born 1888 in Gooseberry Cove to Adam and Mary Ann (Strong) Seward. He was killed in action at Langemarck, Belgium, August 16 1917 |
Shaw | Andrew | 2740 | Little Heart’s Ease | Born 1893, son of William Thomas and Margaret (Walsh) Shaw. Andrew enlisted May 12, 1916. He was a prisoner of war, captured April 12, 1918. He was repatriated July 9, 1918. He died April 10, 1976. |
Shaw | Bernard | 2785 | Little Heart’s Ease | Born 1886 son of John and Mary (Walsh) Shaw. Enlisted May 23, 1916. Embarked St. John’s August 28, 1916, SS Sicilian. |
Shaw | Daniel | 4975 | Little Heart’s Ease | Born 1896 son of Daniel and Hannah (Antle) Shaw. Enlisted May 9, 1918. Embarked St. John’s on June 11, 1918 aboard a train bound for Halifax. From Halifax, he travelled overseas. |
Shaw | William J. | 4278 | Little Heart’s Ease | Born 1896, son of John and Ellen (Meehan) Shaw. Enlisted December 29, 1917. Embarked SS Floriziel January 29, 1918 for overseas. |
Smith | Nathaniel | 5100 | Hodge’s Cove | Born 1899 son of Albert and Rachel (Stringer) Smith. Nathaniel enlisted on May 17, 1918 and was assigned special duty Home Defence at Heart’s Content. |
Spurrell | Abraham | 4979 | Butter Cove | Born 1901 son of John and Catherine (Avery) Spurrell. Abraham enlisted on May 9, 1918 at the age of 17. He was demobilized at St. John’s on January 16, 1919. |
Spurrell | Richard | 1745 | Butter Cove | Born 1894 son of Moses and Mary Ann (Stanley) Spurrell. Richard enlisted July 29, 1915. |
Vey | Wilson | 5320 | Long Beach | Born 1899, son of William James and Sarah (Puddister) Vey. Enlisted May 22, 1918. Embarked St. John’s SS Columbella on July 22, 1918. |
Vivian | John | 4590 | Hillview | Born 1900, son of John and Julia Ann (Baker) Vivian. Enlisted April 22, 1918. Assigned special duty Bishop Falls. |
Transcribed by Lester Green and Elaine Spurrell, November 2014. Updated April 2019
These transcriptions may contain human errors. As always, confirm these as you would any other source material.