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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Leslie Smith Gavel
Name:
Leslie Smith Gavel
Service No:
3180005
Rank:
Private
Service:
1st Depot Battalion Nova Scotia
Royal Canadian Regiment
Date of Birth:
August 28, 1894
Place of Birth:
Gavelton, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
November 17, 1917
Age at Enlistment:
22
Address at Enlistment:
Gavelton, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Trade:
Farmer
Next of Kin:
Smith Gavel (Father) Gavelton, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia
Date of Discharge:
November 3, 1919 (Halifax)
Date of Death:
December 27, 1960
Private Leslie Gavel enlisted on November 17, 1917 with the 1st Depot
Battalion and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment in England and
France.
Photo Courtesy of Lois Crosby