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Harry (Zacharie) Muise
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Harry (Zacharie) Muise
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Private
246 Reserve Battalion; 85th Battalion
January 25, 1897
East Quinan, Yarmouth Co., NS
November 3, 1916
Halifax NS
East Quinan, Yarmouth Co., NS
19
5 feet (no inches)
dark
black
brown
Single
Roman Catholic
Farmer
Thomas Muise (Father) East Quinan
September 30, 1934 (aged 37 years)
Roman Catholic Cemetery, Quinan
Location of grave is unknown
Private Muise was the fourth of thirteen children, the son of Thomas (Athanase) and Jane
(Geneviève) Muise of East Quinan, Yarmouth Co., NS. His mother, Geneviève died September 1, 1914.
Being only five feet in height, he was known as "le p'tit Carie" in Quinan. His real name was
Zacharie, but he was known and called by the name “Carie”.
His official military attestation paper records his name as “Harry”. Being unable to read or write,
one an imagine him, on November 3, 1916, standing before the recruiting officer who would have
completed the attestation form. Asked his name, Zacharie would say his name was “Carie”, after-all that
his how he was known. The recruiting officer wrote “Harry” and so Zacharie became “Harry Muise”.
Harry signed his attestation paper with his mark “x” witnessed by Private William Percy Tidgwell an
eighteen year old from 94 Allen St., Halifax who had enlisted on March 6, 1916.
Having enlisted, Private Harry Muise was assigned to the 246th Battalion. His Training in Canada
began in November, 1916 and continued through May, 1917. During this time he was hospitalized between
April 26, 1917 and May 10 having suffered a sprain. During his training in Halifax he forfeited two days
pay for being absent without leave in January and was fined two dollars for being drunk in February.
The 256th Battalion proceeded to England from Halifax on the SS Olympic (H.M. Transport 2810) on
May 31, 1917, arriving at Liverpool, England on June 9, 1917. On June 10, 1917 he was transferred from
the 246th Battalion to the 17th Reserve Battalion at Bramshott Camp. On November 10, 1917 he
proceeded overseas to France for service with the 85th Battalion arriving in France on November 11, 1917
On November 14 he departed to join the 85th in the field, arriving on November 23, 1917.
On September 2, 1918 while in the field near Arras, France he was severely wounded when struck by
shrapnel to his right shoulder and right forearm, his right leg arm and face losing his sight in his left eye.
On this same day, Private Tidgwell was killed in action, also serving in France with the 85th Battalion.
Private Muise was first taken to a Field Ambulance Station and then to a General Hospital in the field
On September 18, 1917 he was transported to Military Hospital in England and remained in hospital until
April of 1919. He was invalided to Canada for continued medical treatment at Camp Hill Hospital, Halifax,
on April 14, 1919.
On July 24, 1919, having served in Canada, England, and France, he was medically discharged, aged
24, at Halifax.
While his wounds healed he had various body scars, partial loss of function to his right hand and the
loss of his left eye. He returned to East Quinan where he continued to farm. He never married.
On September 30, 1934 at the aged of 37 years he died of tuberculous. He was buried in the Roman
Catholic Cemetery in Quinan. His grave had no marker and the actual location of the grave is unknown.
photo:
Courtesy of Phyllis Pothier