LEST WE FORGET 119 CHASE, Carman Elsworth WWI Carman was born on September 10, 1889, in Uxbridge, Ontario. His parents George Walter and Millicent (Housam) Chase came west around 1900 and settled in the Prosperity district (near Rocanville). The family consisted of four children, three boys and one girl, and Carman was the youngest boy. The family took pride in their livestock, raising prize-winning Clydesdale horses and shorthorn cattle. He was a pharmacist (druggist) in Rocanville from 1911 to 1914. He enlisted in the Army on May 23, 1916, in Winnipeg. He served with the 16th Canadian Field Ambulance. The young druggist/soldier was hospitalized with mumps, influenza, and had recurring hospitalizations with bouts of bronchitis and pneumonia. He became “dangerously ill” with empyema (lung infection) that required surgery in August 1918. Private Chase was in Winnipeg from May 1916 to February 1917, England from March 1917 to April 1918 and France from April 1, 1918, to October 16, 1918. He was discharged on April 9, 1919. After arriving home and resuming a druggist position, Carman married Alice Shaw. He joined the Rocanville Great War Veterans Association on March 30, 1929, and became a lifetime member of The Royal Canadian Legion as well as a member of IOOF. Carman and his wife moved to Duncan, BC. They had one daughter, Doreen. His wife, Alice, passed away in 1938. Carman passed away on September 11, 1976, at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, BC. CHASE, James Edward WWI James was born on April 22, 1875, to William and Frances Eliza (Shearer) Chase in Uxbridge, Victoria, Ontario. He was the fourth of six children in the family. In 1901, he was farming with his parents in Wapella and later farmed with his brother. James had a wife, Mary Elizabeth Chase. He was farming when he enlisted in the Army on December 21, 1915, in Regina, Saskatchewan with the 68th Battalion He was hospitalized with rheumatic fever in May 1916 and sent overseas on October 1, 1916. His wife stayed in Regina while he was overseas. James was assigned to the Forestry Unit in February 1917 and served in England. Due to his age, he suffered from chronic myalgia and neuritis. He returned home and farmed in Rocanville in 1921. He joined The Royal Canadian Legion Rocanville branch in 1938. James died on June 14, 1963, at the age of 89, and is buried at the Webster Cemetery in Rocanville.
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