Remembering World War I Yarmouth Connections

Harry Muise

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Harry Muise 282622 Private 219th Battalion August 16, 1895 Amirault's Hill, Yarmouth Co., NS February 28, 1916 Yarmouth NS Yarmouth South, NS 18 5 feet (no inches) medium dark brown dark brown 108 lbs. 29th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, Yarmouth NS Single Roman Catholic Usher in Theatre Mrs. Eva Muise, Yarmouth NS Harry Muise completed his medical at Yarmouth on March 2, 1916 and was considered fit for the Canadian overseas Expeditionary Force. He proceed to Aldershot in Nova Scotia with the 219th Battalion for basic training. On June 28, 1916 while at Aldershot he was given a medical discharge. This may have been due to his height as the minimum height requirement for military service was 5 feet, 2inches.