Spring 1917

Pte. L. P. Hodgins (Loren)
Mentioned: April 5, 1917
Status: Killed in action on February 22, 1917, in France. He had recently transferred to the 87th Battalion upon reaching England.

Lieut. Godfrey Alan Johnson
Mentioned: April 5, 1917
Status: An Ottawa native attached to the 11th Field Company, Canadian Engineers. He was awarded the Military Cross for his presence of mind in capturing 15 German soldiers and one officer while unarmed

Private Duncan Lunam
Mentioned: April 12, 1917
Status: Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lunam of Campbells Bay. Killed in action in France on March 28, 1917.

Pte. Robinson
Mentioned: April 12, 1917
Status: From Waltham. Spent his Easter holidays visiting the Capital.

Howard Leggo
Mentioned: April 12, 1917
Status: Son of the late Alpheus H. Leggo of Fort Coulonge. Serving with the Canadian forces overseas.

Bryson Leggo
Mentioned: April 12, 1917
Status: Son of the late Alpheus H. Leggo of Fort Coulonge. Actively training in Canada.

Pte. Peter Blatchford
Mentioned: April 12, 1917 (and May 24, 1917)
Status: A 19-year-old from Portage du Fort who enlisted with the 222nd Battalion. Initially reported wounded, and later reported killed in action. He was the youngest son of Mrs. Patrick Blatchford.

Pte. Lawrence Coyne
Mentioned: April 12, 1917
Status: From Portage du Fort. Was gassed on the battlefield but returned home.

Aviator P. Kennedy
Mentioned: April 12, 1917
Status: From Portage du Fort. Killed during an air raid.

Pte. Wm. Madore
Mentioned: April 12, 1917
Status: From Portage du Fort. Reported wounded in the casualty lists.

Pte. Richard Vaughan
Mentioned: April 12, 1917
Status: From Portage du Fort. Believed to have been killed in action.

McMillan
Mentioned: April 12, 1917
Status: From Portage du Fort. He was gassed but survived and had recently returned home.

L.-Corp. Harold Armstrong
Mentioned: April 19, 1917 (and May 3, 1917)
Status: Sent a letter home describing a trench raid at daybreak. Later reported wounded in the Arras district.

Pte. Elton Howard
Mentioned: April 19, 1917
Status: Son of Ben Howard of Onslow. Enlisted with the 188th Battalion in the West and was reported wounded at the front.

Pte. E. L. Edey
Mentioned: April 19, 1917
Status: Son of Mr. Arthur Edey of Bristol. Reported wounded.

Ben Edey
Mentioned: April 19, 1917
Status: Brother to Pte. E. L. Edey. Stationed near his brother at the front.

Capt. Rev. J. A. Macfarlane
Mentioned: April 19, 1917
Status: Enlisted as Chaplain with the rank of Captain in the 217th Battalion, but was denied the privilege of going overseas due to new age limit regulations for chaplains.

Pte. E. V. Amy
Mentioned: April 19, 1917 

Status: Wounded for the second time (by a shell burst) and sent to V. A. D. Hospital, Little Heath, England to recover.

Tom Tripp
Mentioned: May 3, 1917
Status: Youngest son of Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Tripp. Attached to the 79th Battery artillery drafts.

Pte. Duncan H. Robinson
Mentioned: May 3, 1917
Status: From the local area. Reported wounded.

Corp. John N. Landry
Mentioned: May 3, 1917 (and May 31, 1917)
Status: Killed in action on April 9th during the brilliant assault on Vimy Ridge.

Pte. Roy Knox
Mentioned: May 3, 1917
Status: From Campbells Bay. Listed in the casualty reports as wounded.

Pte. O. C. Cadieux
Mentioned: May 3, 1917 Status: From Quyon. Listed in the casualty reports as wounded.

Pte. M. Finan
Mentioned: May 3, 1917
Status: From Portage du Fort. Listed in the casualty reports as wounded.

Pte. Silas Sturgeon
Mentioned: May 3, 1917
Status: Had kin at Shawville. Listed in the casualty reports as wounded.

Pte. Edward McN. Findlay
Mentioned: May 3, 1917 (and May 17, 1917)
Status: From Wyman. Wounded by shrapnel in the left arm at Vimy Ridge and sent to the Western General Hospital in Cardiff, England.

Private John Howard
Mentioned: May 3, 1917
Status: Listed in the casualty reports as wounded.

Private Fred Dean
Mentioned: May 3, 1917 (and June 7, 1917)
Status: From Bristol. Killed in action at Vimy Ridge on April 9th during the morning attack. He served in No. 5 platoon.

Pte. Audrey Eades
Mentioned: May 3, 1917
Status: From the mechanical transport unit. Reported wounded during the severe fighting in the Arras district.

Sgt. Willie Carey
Mentioned: May 10, 1917
Status: From Starks Corners. Wounded at Vimy Ridge and recovering in a hospital in England. Also transferred to Headquarters staff of the 78th Battalion as a runner.

Gordon Anderson
Mentioned: May 10, 1917
Status: Headquarters runner for the 78th Battalion. Decorated with the Military Medal for delivering a message through heavy shell fire on the Somme.

Raymond Beckett
Mentioned: May 24, 1917
Status: Third son of Mr. J. A. Beckett of Shawville. Enlisted in Ottawa with the heavy siege artillery.

Forest Argue
Mentioned: May 24, 1917
Status: Third son of Mr. H. T. Argue of Shawville. Enlisted in Ottawa with the heavy siege artillery.

Milton Howard
Mentioned: May 24, 1917
Status: Eldest son of Mr. Ben Howard of Onslow. Enlisted with the 207th Battalion but was relieved from duty due to illness. He died in a hospital in Ottawa.

A. Marshall Howard
Mentioned: May 24, 1917
Status: Fought at Vimy Ridge. While walking through a graveyard in France, he unexpectedly discovered the grave of his own brother, Jack.

Jack Howard
Mentioned: May 24, 1917 Status: Killed at Vimy Ridge.

Pte. E. G. Proudfoot
Mentioned: May 24, 1917
Status: From Ottawa, but the nephew of Mrs. G. H. Brabazon of Portage du Fort. Listed as killed in action.

Garfield Horner
Mentioned: May 24, 1917
Status: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Horner. Reported to be training in England.

Everett Horner
Mentioned: May 24, 1917
Status: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Horner. Serving in the navy.

L.-Corp. Crawford T. Dolan
Mentioned: May 24, 1917
Status: Served in the 87th Canadians. Wrote to local residents detailing the death of Edgar Johncox.

Pte. George Wilson
Mentioned: May 24, 1917
Status: A young man from Otter Lake. Enlisted with the 136th Battalion and was killed in action in France on April 16.

Edgar B. Johncox
Mentioned: May 31, 1917
Status: Eldest son of Bishop and Mrs. Johncox of Portage du Fort. Enlisted in the 136th Battalion, drafted into the 87th, and was killed in action at Vimy Ridge on April 9th at age 22.

Pte. G. R. Horner
Mentioned: May 31, 1917
Status: Served in the machine gun crew of No. 9 platoon. Killed instantly at Vimy Ridge on April 9th after being shot in the head while helping a wounded comrade into a shell hole.

Pte. Lawrence Thomas
Mentioned: May 31, 1917 Status: From Bristol. A rumor of his death in action was circulated, but it was confirmed as « happily untrue. »

Claude Shaw
Mentioned: June 7, 1917
Status: Eldest son of Mr. J. H. Shaw. Went overseas with the 73rd Battery C.F.A. Received a gunshot/shrapnel wound just below the knee-cap and was recovering in an English hospital.

Arthur Shaw
Mentioned: June 7, 1917
Status: Brother of Claude Shaw. Went overseas with the 73rd Battery C.F.A..

L.-Corp. Albert Hindes
Mentioned: June 7, 1917
Status: Killed in action at Vimy Ridge on April 9th. Praised by his Major for his cheerfulness and bravery during the Somme fighting.

Louis Ethier (Hickey)
Mentioned: June 7, 1917
Status: Previously worked at the tailoring trade in Shawville. Did garrison duty in Bermuda before heading to France, where he was killed in action.

Erwin Sly
Mentioned: June 14, 1917
Status: Son of Mr. Josiah Sly of Clarendon. A member of the US Coast Artillery waiting to be called out.

Dr. Frederic Nicholai
Mentioned: June 14, 1917
Status: Served with the Belgian Army in Flanders, then with the Canadian Army Service Corps. Invalided from severe illness and discharged back to Toronto.

Pte. T. E. Lunam
Mentioned: June 21, 1917 Status: From Campbells Bay. Appeared on the casualty list as wounded.

Pte. John W. Elliott
Mentioned: June 21, 1917 Status: Enlisted with the 77th Battalion. Sent to England after being wounded for the second time.

Pte. J. Galloway
Mentioned: June 21, 1917
Status: From Wyman. Served with « B » Co., 38th Battalion, C.E.F. Killed in the dark while about to enter a German trench.

Willie Wilson
Mentioned: June 28, 1917
Status: Associated with the 73rd Battery. Had just recovered from pneumonia and was spending his holidays at Green Lake.

Pte. J. M. Kempt
Mentioned: June 28, 1917
Status: In Mechanical Transport, from Blackburn. Was visiting local friends over the weekend.

Pte. Orlie Thomson
Mentioned: June 28, 1917
Status: Son of the late Walter Thomson of Portage du Fort. Arrived back from overseas with his discharge.