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Half of Them Are Orillians
September 27, 1917
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Two drafts of men from B Company of the 177th Battalion have gone over to France during the past month. The first went to the 19th Battalion on August 26th, and included the following 12 men:—
Private George Gosnel………………………Orillia
Private Thomas Bridgwater………………..Orillia
Private D’Arcy Warren……………………..Orillia
Private Garfield Wilkinson………………..Orillia
Private Frank Day……………………………Orillia
Private John Cull……………………………..Orillia
Private Albert Ernest Barry……………….Orillia
Private John Campbell……………………..
Private Alexander Douglas……………….
Private Roosevelt Bulmer…………………
Private Charles Edward Williams………
Private William Hill………………………..
The second draft went to the 4th Battalion on September 6th, and included the following 24 men from B Company:—-
Private William Hopgood………………….Orillia
Private John Crawford……………………..Orillia
Private Kernel Williamson……………….Orillia
Private Edward Elshaw…………………….Orillia
Private Arthur Fred Young……………….Orillia
Private Samuel Cox…………………………Orillia
Private Alfred Nixon……………………….Orillia
Private John Newby…………………………Orillia
Private Edward Secord……………………..Orillia
Private Grant Tupper……………………….Orillia
Private R. G. Black…………………………..Atherley
Private Victor Annis……………………….Ardtrea
Private Percy Fawn…………………………Rama
Private Frank Jas. Edward O’Shea
Private Arthur Louis O’Shea
Private John Greenwood
Private Peter Paul Labatt
Private Frank Lindsay
Private William Barnes
Private C. Fitzgerald
Private Wallace Howard Burns
Private Edward Creswick
Private James Bruce Speiran
Private H. Williams
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