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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Leslie Hiram Stevens
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Private
No. 2 Construction Battalion
May 20, 1898
Greenville, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia
September 4, 1916
Yarmouth, NS
Yarmouth, NS
18
4 feet 11½ inches
Black
Black
Black
Labourer
Single
African Methodist Episcopal
Nathaniel Stevens, (Father) Yarmouth, NS
February 14, 1919
Leslie Hiram Stevens was the son of Nathaniel Stevens (1857-1923) and Phoebe (Jones) Stevens (1868-
1911) Wesley (1869–1938) of Yarmouth, NS.
His brothers Arthur Stevens and John William Stevens also served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion.
Prior to his enlistment, Leslie served with the 29th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, Yarmouth.
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 Leslie Stevens served in Canada, England, and France.
Leslie Hiram Stevens
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