31 www.on.legion.ca ALLEN, James Aron James Aron Allen was born on July 17, 1893, in Uxbridge, Ontario to James Allen and Francis Teresa Breen. James enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on June 24, 1915, in Niagara Falls with the 35th Battalion C.E.F. He sailed with the 35th to Plymouth aboard the RMS Metagama on October 15, 1915. Upon arrival to England, his battalion was absorbed into the 4th Reserve Battalion He was then transferred to the 75th Battalion on February 2, 1917, and arrived in France on February 12, 1917. James was wounded during the Battle of Vimy, receiving a gun shot wound to his right leg, and was admitted to the 2nd Australian Field Hospital. He was sent to England to recover and did not return to France. He was then transferred to the 12th Reserve Battalion before transferring a final time to the Canadian Forestry Corp, where he may have acted as an Engineer before his death. James died of Pneumonia on November 22, 1918, he was 25 years old. He is buried in Chichester Cemetery in Sussex, England. ALLEN, Mary Anne “Annie” Annie was born on March 29, 1881, in Dunedin, Nottawasaga Township, Ontario where the family first lived before moving to the 4th Line (Fairgrounds Road), near Stayner in 1885. As a nurse, Annie was one of four nurses chosen from Collingwood General and Marine Hospital, Collingwood, Ontario, to travel to Dawson City, Yukon during the Gold Rush Days from about 1910-1914. This is where she met her future husband, Colin Hart. Annie and Colin left theYukon in 1916 to enlist in the Army (Regular Force) and both went overseas. Colin served in France with the Yukon Infantry Company. Annie was appointed to commissioned rank on December 11, 1916. She left for England on April 6, 1917 where she served with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force as a Nursing Sister with the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CMAC). She served in Canada and England with the CAMC; CAMC Depot, Westenhanger; Ontario Military Hospital, Orpington; Duchess of Connaught’s Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Taplow; Granville Canadian Special Hospital, Buxton; and No. 4 Canadian General Hospital, Busingstoke. Annie returned to Canada in July 1919 for reason of general demobilization. When she returned to Canada, Annie married Colin Hart who had also returned to Canada and had a long career with the Bank of Montreal. Annie died on May 6, 1952 and Colin in 1968, both in Victoria, BC. ALLEN, Samuel Eldon Samuel was born on May 9, 1887, Nottawasaga Township, Stayner, Ontario, the youngest son to William Allen (1839-1894) and Mary Anne Gray (1850-1940). Sam served in World War I with the 13th Royal Regiment, Hamilton Ontario for one and half years before he moved to Edmonton, Alberta. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force with the 60th Overseas Battery in March 1916 in Regina Saskatchewan. He served with the 60th Battery for three years and 89 days: Canada: September 22, 1916 to June 29, 1919. Sam arrived in England on the S.S. Cameronia on September 22, 1916 and was at Witley Camp in Surrey until August 21, 1917. He served in France from August 21, 1917 to May 12, 1919. Under the 60th Battery, he was assigned first to the 15th O/S Brigade C.F.A. In England, he was transferred to the 14th Brigade. He was released on June 29, 1919. Upon his return to Canada, he settled in Calgary, Alberta. In 1923, he married Florence Onions in Edmonton. They had one daughter, Jean Florence Allen born in 1925 in Calgary. Sam died on April 26, 1974, aged 85, in a Veterans Home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 63 in Saskatoon. He is buried in Soldier’s Field in Woodlawn Cemetery, Block 38A, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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