LEST WE FORGET 313 SMITH, John Alexander Henry WWI &WWII John Alexander Henry Smith was born on December 29, 1895, in Kintore, Scotland. His parents were John and Mary Smith. He had a sister named Mary. In 1911, John Alexander moved to Canada with his parents and sister. He was working as a clerk in Broderick when he enlisted with the 128th Overseas Battalion on December 28, 1915. Outlook physician Dr. Drinnan signed his medical clearance and Lieutenant Colonel E. Francis Pawlett, Battalion Commander, signed his enlistment papers. Smith was twenty years old. The 128th Overseas Battalion trained at Camp Hughes in Manitoba. A Battalion consisted of 35 officers and 1,000 men. When the battalion departed Halifax on August 15, 1916, there were almost 50 men in the Outlook Detachment, 128th Overseas Battalion, including John Smith. He served eighteen months in France and Belgium with the 46th Saskatchewan Regiment, receiving the Military Medal on August 2, 1919, six months after he was discharged in Regina at the age of 23. He moved to Alberta in 1928. He and his wife had three children: Kenneth, Margaret and Shirley. He was employed at the Alberta Hospital in Ponoka until he retired. Sergeant John Alexander Henry Smith passed away in Colonel Mewburn Hospital in Edmonton on April 30, 1960. He is buried in Forest Home Cemetery, Ponoka. STEVENS, James WWI James Stevens was born on February 3, 1877, in Guilford, England. His parents were John (1821-1898) and Elizabeth (Kircher, 1846-1929) Stevens. He had four siblings: Ernest, Alice, Edith and Mary. Prior to enlistment in World War I, he served England with the 7th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers in the African War where he suffered a head injury that required three operations in South Africa and another operation in England. James arrived in Canada in 1908. He was married to Nellie Bax and living in Outlook with his family: Albert, born 1090 in New Brunswick; Leonard, born 1912 in Manitoba; James, born 1915, Manitoba (James was killed in action in WWII); Henry and Elsie, both born in Outlook. James was 38 years old and worked as a baker in Outlook when he enlisted with the 128th Overseas Battalion on December 18, 1915. He trained at Camp Hughes and served in France with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles. James Stevens suffered a gunshot wound to the left temple, near Lens, France. He was awarded the Good Conduct Badge and the Military Medal. On March 25, 1919, he received his discharge in Brandon, Manitoba, at the age of 42. In 1921, the family lived in Prince Albert. The 1931 Census shows that James and Nellie were living in The Pas, Manitoba. Nellie died on March 3, 1958, at the age of 74, in Brandon. Sergeant James Stevens died on October 21, 1947, in Vancouver, at the age of 71. He is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver.
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