LEST WE FORGET 159 DUNVILLE (DUMVILLE), Thomas Charles “Charlie” WWI Charlie was born on March 1, 1890, to Joseph and Catherine (Brown) Dumville in Niagara County, Ontario. The family came west to the Rocanville area in 1893 and took up farming. Charlie enlisted in the Army on May 10, 1916, with No. 1 Overseas C.A.S.C. in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was hospitalized in King George Hospital in Winnipeg on May 26, 1916, with diphtheria and infection. While in hospital at Camp Hughes, he was diagnosed with pulmonary TB and it was recommended that he go to the sanatorium in Frank, Alberta for treatment. Charlie spent October 25 to November 5, 1916, in the Frank Sanatorium and requested to be released to look after his farm in Rocanville rather than receive further treatment. He was officially discharged as medically unfit on December 8, 1916, in Calgary. In 1920, he married Elsie Andow, and they raised five children while farming in the Cambridge district. He joined the Royal Canadian Legion Rocanville Branch. Charlie was known for fast horses (and horse racing) and music (played violin and banjo). Charlie and Elsie retired to town in Rocanville in 1963. Charlie passed away on August 4, 1966, and is buried in the Welwyn Cemetery. His wife Elsie passed away in a car accident in 1990. Their oldest son, Gordon, was killed in 1944 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. EAST, Walter Henry “Walt” WWI Walt was born on July 7, 1894, in Folkestone, England to George R. and Martha Jane (Wratten) East of Dover, England. He was farming in Rocanville when he enlisted in the Army on January 3, 1916, in Moosomin, Saskatchewan with the 217th Battalion. George F. Pinkess witnessed his attestation paper. He began training with the 217th on March 1, 1916, and left Halifax aboard the Olympic on June 2, 1917. He was taken on by the 19th Reserve on June 10, 1917, and was later with the 15th. He went to France on November 8, 1917, with the 46th Battalion. Walt was awarded a Good Conduct Badge followed by an appointment to Lance Corporal on November 9, 1918. He had a fourteen-day leave to the United Kingdom on December 2, 1918, likely to visit family. On February 18, 1919, he was appointed Corporal and on March 28, 1919, was appointed LieutenantSergeant. He returned to Canada on April 27, 1919, and was discharged on June 6, 1919, in Quebec City. In 1926, Walt was farming in Marriott, Saskatchewan and married Birdeen Barbara Cormack. The couple had five children, three boys and two girls. Walt and Birdeen retired to Saltspring Island, BC. He died on January 3, 1960, in Vancouver and was buried in the Hatzic Cemetery. His wife died in Mission City, BC in 1993.
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