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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Luke Francis
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Private
No. 2 Construction Battalion
December 18, 1891
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
October 4, 1916
Truro, Nova Scotia
Digby, NS
25
5 feet, 3 inches
Dark
Black
Brown
Labourer
Married
Church of England
Vera Francis (Wife) Digby, NS
March 3, 1919 (St. John, New Brunswick)
September 12, 1967
Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth NS
Luke Francis was the son of Joseph Francis (1851-1911) and Mary Elizabeth (Halliday) Francis (1869-
1931). He married Vera Elisabeth Bernard (1897-1999) of Yarmouth, NS, in Digby, NS, on March 10,
1915. Luke lived in Yarmouth for 22 years prior to his death.
Having trained in Canada, he embarked for overseas, on the SS Southland at Halifax on March 25, 1917
arriving in England on March 7, 1917. He embarked England for service in France arriving there on
May 17, 1917.
Private Luke Francis served in Canada, England, and France.
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