Alvnie (Alvin) Porter (Pottier) 1099378 Sapper 256th Railway Construction Battalion September 28, 1894 Tusket, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia January 21, 1917 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 23 5 feet, 2 inches Dark Blue Brown Single Mill Hand Roman Catholic Mary Perry (Sister) Wentworth, Mass. US March 10, 1919 (Halifax on Demobilization) 34 March 10, 1928 (Age 33) Our Lady Of Calvary Cemetery, Yarmouth, NS Alvnie (Alvin) Porter was born in Tusket, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia. On his attestation paper he listed his sister Mary as his next of kin. In 1917 he was living in Yarmouth as a boarder with William and Lydia Donahue, and on enlistment papers listed William Donahue as his guardian. Alvin was the son of Urbain Pottier (1851-1914) and Elizabeth (Babin) Pottier (1860-1934). He was the brother of Denis, Arthur, Mary, and Elina. At the death of his father in August 1914, his mother and other members of the family moved to the United States. Alvin, aged 19 moved to Yarmouth and was employed at the Cosmos Imperial Mill, as a mill hand. He enlisted with the 256th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops. He embarked for England on November 6, 1915, and proceeded to France on December 19, 1917. On May 12, 1918, he was admitted to #43 Canadian Casualty Station suffering from Pyrexia (fever) of an undetermined cause. The condition, also referred to as ‘trench fever’ continued until 1918, and doctors were not always able to determine a specific cause. He was transferred to #47 General Hospital at Le Treport, in France on May 15, 1918. On June 9, 1918, he was discharged from Hospital and returned to duty. He returned to England on January 14, 1919, and embarked England for Canada on the SS Prinses Juliana, on February 8, arriving in Halifax on February 17, 1919. Alvin Porter was discharged on March 10, 1919, at Halifax. He married post war to Alice Porter (1898-1976) Alvin died on March 10, 1928, of tuberculous in Yarmouth, his death attributed to his wartime service.