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Arthur Stevens
931174
Private
No. 2 Construction Battalion
April 21, 1897
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
August 8, 1916
Yarmouth, NS
Yarmouth, NS
18
5 feet, 6 inches
Black
Black
Black
Seaman
Single
Church of England
Nathan Stevens (Father) Greenville, Yarmouth Co., NS
February 28, 1919 (Halifax, NS)
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Arthur Stevens was the son of Nathan (Nathaniel) Stevens (1857-1923) and Phoebe (Jones) Stevens
1868-1911) of Greenville, Yarmouth, Co., NS. His father was born in Pictou Co., NS, his mother was
born in Greenville, Yarmouth Co., NS, and were married in Greenvile on April 1, 1886. His brother
John William Stevens also served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion.
Having trained in Canada, Arthur embarked for overseas, on the SS Southland at Halifax on March 25,
1917, arriving in Liverpool, England on April 7 1917. He embarked England for service in France
arriving there on May 17, 1917.
He returned to England on December 14, 1918. Returning to Canada, having served in Canada,
England, and France, he was discharged on February 28, 1919.
The census record of 1901 gives Arthur’s birth date as April 23, 1895.
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