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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Lyndall Harris Winters
Name:
Lyndall Harris Winters
Rank:
Private
Service No.
469107
Battalion:
64th Battalion
Date of Birth:
May 11, 1896
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
August 19, 1915
Place of Enlistment:
Sussex, New Brunswick
Age at Enlistment:
19 years 3 months
Height: 5 feet 7 1/2 inches
Trade:
Clerk
Religion
Baptist
Next of Kin:
Elizabeth Winters (Mother) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Lyndall Harris Winters joined the 64th Battalion on August 19, 1915 at Sussex NB. He sailed from Halifax on the S.S.
Adriatic on March 31, 1916 and arrived in England on April 9, 1916.
He reverted the rank of Private on his own request on July 5, 1916 and became a stretcher bearer until the cessation of
hostilities on November 11, 1918.
Private Winters was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Canadian Division on July 14, 1916 and joined up with the unit in
the field on September 17, 1916 and participated in many battles.
After the hostilities ended, he remained in Germany as part of the occupational forces until September 19, 1919. He
was discharged on September 20, 1919.
Photo courtesy of Ken Dennis, Grandson