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John William Stevens
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Private
No. 2 Construction Battalion
April 24, 1893
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
October 7, 1916
Yarmouth, NS
Yarmouth, NS
23
5 feet, 4 inches
Black
Black
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Labourer
Single
Baptist
Andrew Stevens, Yarmouth, NS
February 19 1919 (Halifax, NS)
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John William 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 Arthur Stevens also served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion.
Having trained in Canada, John William 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 19, 1919.
The census record of 1901 gives John William’s birth date as April 24, 1894.
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