Remembering World War I Yarmouth Connections

Felix Muise

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Felix Muise 3181665 Private NS Regiment Depot Battalion/25th Battalion January 19, 1891 Quinan, Yarmouth Co., NS April 12, 1918 Halifax NS Wellington Barracks, Halifax, NS 27 5 Feet, 8 inches dark dark brown brown Single Farmer Roman Catholic John W. Muise (Father) Springhaven Yarmouth Co., NS June 4, 1966 Enlisting in Halifax, Felix Muise arrived in England on May 27, 1918 on the SS Valacia. He was taken on strength by the 17th Reserve Battalion at Bramshott on May 28, 1917. While in England he suffered a long cut to the instep and ball of his left foot while swimming on May 29, 1918 and required hospitalization. He was discharged from the Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Bear Wood , Wokingham on August 16, 1918. He was then transferred to the 25th Battalion in France arriving there on November 11, 1918 and joined the unit in the field on November 14, 1918. He returned to England in early May 1919 for demobilization. Returning to Canada he was discharged on May 25, 1919 at Halifax.

photo: Wartime Heritage (March 2018)