179 www.on.legion.ca HARTMAN, Robert Ross Robert Ross Hartman was born in Aurora, Ontario on April 7, 1887, the son of Isaac Hartman and his wife Sarah Yetter Reifsnyder. He was serving with the 51st “Soo Rifles” in Sault Ste. Marie when he enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the 227th Battalion, C.E.F., on March 15, 1916. His older brother Frederick had enlisted in Toronto in 1914. Robert was rapidly granted a commission to Lieutenant. It was more than a year after being enlisted that Robert’s battalion sailed to Liverpool, on April 11, 1917, aboard the H.M.T. Carpathia. Upon disembarking in Liverpool on April 22, the 227th was absorbed into the 8th Reserve Battalion. On September 4, 1917, the 8th Reserve fulfilled its role and was added to the 102nd Battalion, just before its departure for France. Robert served with the 102nd for just two months when on November 10, he was attached to the 11th Canadian Trench Mortar Battery to fill a vacancy in their command. On September 2, 1918, Robert Ross Hartman was killed by a shell explosion at Dury Hill, France. He was 31 years old. Robert was buried at Dury Mill British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. HARTUNG, Edward George Edward was born in Gadshill, Ontario on September 9, 1897, to George and Mary (Seegmiller) along with four siblings: Milton Daniel, Edna (Wilhelm), Marie Ann (Pletsch), and Violet Christine (Klein). Edward responded to the “call for arms” by enlisting in the Army (Regular Force) with the 111th Battalion in Galt on March 22, 1916. The basic training being completed, he boarded the SS Tuscania on September 25, 1916, arriving in West Sandling, transferred to the 35th Battalion on October 13, 1916 and shipped to France on November 15, 1916. On the battlefield for the next two years, he was appointed L/Cpl, then Corporal, awarded the Military Medal for leadership and bravery in the battles of Passchendaele, promoted to Sergeant and wounded on October 3, 1918. He had multiple shrapnel wounds on his left side, arm, hand and leg. He was rushed to the Field Hospital and then to England for better care. When he was finally released from the hospital, he was sent back to Canada and discharged in Toronto on April 12, 1919. Ed worked for the City of Stratford in the “water works”. He married Alice (Taylor) and they raised eight children: Clarence (Butch), Raymond (Ab), Doug (Joe), Donald (Kenith), Alice, Ada, Gladice, and Darlene. Edward George passed away on June 16, 1971 and is laid to rest in the Avondale Cemetery in Stratford. HARTUNG, Milton Daniel Milton was born in Gadshill on August 25, 1895, to George and Mary (Seegmiller) along with four sibling: Edward George, Edna (Wilhelm), Marie Ann (Pletsch) and Violet Christine (Klein). He responded to the call for arms by enlisting in the Army (Regular Force) in New Hamburg on December 10, 1915 with the 111th Battalion. He sailed from Halifax on September 25, 1916 aboard the SS Tuscania and was transferred to the 35th Battalion in West Sandling, England. He was taken on strength with the 4th Battalion and arrived in France on November 14, 1916. He moved to the front lines on December 8, 1916 and was awarded a good conduct badge on December 1, 1917. Milton was granted a fourteen-day leave to the United Kingdom on December 22, 1917, and a year later, he was granted another fourteenday leave. On December 22, 1918, he returned to his unit from leave. He was sent back to England and boarded the Cassandra to Canada and discharged in Toronto on July 6, 1919. Milton married Dora Marie (Ruckelshausen). He was employed at Zimmerman’s for 44 years. Milton passed away on April 19, 1970 and buried in the St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery in Tavistock, Ontario. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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