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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Louis Morris
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Louis Morris
3180521
Private
1st Depot Battalion, NS
September 24, 1895
Springhaven, Yarmouth Co., NS
February 22, 1918
Halifax NS
Belleville
22
5 feet, 6 inches
dark
black
brown
Married
Roman Catholic
Cotton Mill Worker
Lizzie Morris (Wife) Belleville (Married November 1917)
December 7, 1918 (Halifax on demobilization)
April 6, 1958
Sainte-Anne Parish Cemetery
Sainte-Anne-du-Ruisseau, Yarmouth Co., NS
Louis Morris was born in Springhaven, Yarmouth Co., NS the son of Charles Morris and Medline
(Doucette) Morris.
Prior to his enlistment he was working as a cotton mill worker in Yarmouth. He had married in
November 1917. He served in Canada with the 1st Depot Battalion, Nova Scotia at Halifax and Aldershot,
NS. During his service he was hospitalized between April 13 and April 22, 1918 with influenza. Louis was
discharged on December 7, 1918 on demobilization as a married man.
Following discharge he returned to Belleville.
During WWII, Louis enlisted and served with the RCAF as a LAC (Service No. R.124587)
In 1958, he died, the result of a car accident. Louis was buried on April 10, 1958 in the Sainte-Anne
Parish Cemetery.
He was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth.