William Edward Hamm 470163 Private 64th Battalion, 25th Battalion February 3, 1894 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia September 15, 1915 Sussex, New Brunswick 21 5 feet, 6 inches Dark Brown Brown Single Carpenter Methodist Edward Daniel Hamm (Father) Yarmouth NS July 31, 1918 (Medical Discharge) 23 September 5, 1925 (Age 31) Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, NS William Edward Hamm was the son of Edward Daniel Hamm (1850-1941) and Fannie May (Trefry) Hamm (1860-1945) of Yarmouth, NS. He was the husband of Margaret (Beck) Hamm (1895-1931) married on May 4, 1925. William enlisted with the 64th Battalion in Sussex, New Brunswick in 1915. He departed Canada disembarking in England on April 9, 1916. On June 29, 1916, he was transferred to the 25th Battalion and joined the Unit in France on July 7, 1916. Private Hamm was seriously wounded, the result of a gun shot to the chest on August 15, 1917. He was hospitalized and during treatment contracted pulmonary tuberculosis. He was invalided to Canada for further medical treatment on March 28, 1918. Private Hamm died in September, 1925 of pulmonary tuberculosis. His death was attributed to his war service.