Name: William Harris Lent Rank: Driver Service Number: 248500 Service: 3rd Canadian Division Ammunition Column Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Forces Date of Birth: July 25, 1872 Place of Birth: Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio Date of Enlistment: August 22, 1916 Place of Enlistment: Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: Tusket, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 44 Height: 5 feet, 9 inches Complexion: Dark Eye Colour: Brown Hair Colour: Dark Occupation: Merchant Marital Status: Married Religion: Baptist Next of Kin: Mary Lent (Wife), Tusket, NS Date of Discharge: January 14, 1919 Age: 46 Date of Death: August 18, 1941 Age: 69 Cemetery: Tusket Cemetery, Tusket, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia William Harris Lent was the son of William Tracy Lent (1840-1911) and Matilda Lent (1837-1915), the brother of Leleah Lent (1864-1945) Benjamin Harding Lent (1869-1894), Harold Osman Lent (1867- 1867), Sarah Alice Lent (b. 1875) and Rachel L. Lent (b. 1897), the husband of Mary Emma (Butler) Lent (1874-1943), and the father of Mildred Alice/Alison Lent (1899-1993). Although born in the state of Ohio in the US, William was living in Tusket, Nova Scotia as early as the age of 8 (1881 Census). William and Mary were married in 1894. Mary was born in Weymouth Bridge, Digby Co., Nova Scotia. William served in Canada, England and France with the 3rd Canadian Division Ammunition Column. Divisional Ammunition Columns were responsible for the delivery of ammunitions to artillery batteries and other units from ammunition refilling points. William suffered from and was hospitalised with pneumonia in 1917. He was granted leave to recover from August 29 to September 11, 1917. He suffered from pain in the lower back after being thrown from a horse in November 1917. He was discharged with demobilization on January 14, 1919. Back in Nova Scotia and returning to civilian work, he was employed as a hotel manager in Yarmouth. William Harris Lent died of arthritis of the spine in Tusket, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, with his death attributed to his WWI military service according to his Canada, War Graves Registers, Cause of Casualty record.

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