LEST WE FORGET 317 STEWART, Thomas Bulloch WWI A brother to Canadian Hero Charles Milton Stewart who died at Vimy Ridge, Thomas Bulloch Stewart enlisted in Winnipeg with the 8th Battalion on August 30, 1915. He was the son of Charles J. and Catherine (Bulloch) Stewart of Hopetown, Lanark County, Ontario. He was a 30-year-old travelling salesman living in Bounty, Saskatchewan. He embarked for England on May 21, 1916, aboard the Olympic. His wartime service in France began on July 17, 1916. He suffered a very serious injury on October 10, 1916, at the Battle of the Somme. Wounded by shrapnel in his thigh, left hand and shoulder, he was initially treated at the General Military Hospital in Rouen, but was transferred to the Military Hospital at Thorncliffe where his fourth and fifth fingers were amputated and where he convalesced for five-and-a-half months before he was invalided back to Canada. He recovered at the Convalescent Home in Winnipeg before being discharged on August 31, 1917. On November 11, 1919, he married Doris Margaret Hoole. The couple lived in Bounty before moving to British Columbia in 1931. Their children were born in Bounty: an infant child who was born March 9, 1922, but died four days later, Allan Milton (1923), Thomas Jamieson (1925), Kathleen Margaret (1929). Thomas Bulloch Stewart lived and retired in British Columbia until his death on May 8, 1955, in Vancouver. STURLEY, John Evelyn WWI Sergeant-Major John Evelyn Sturley was born in Southam, Warwickshire, England, on April 12, 1891. His parents were William Burdon and Martha (Banbury) Stuckley. He had five brothers and one sister. On December 23, 1911, at the age of 20, he arrived in Canada aboard the Empress of Britain. Sturley was working as an accountant in Outlook when he enlisted with the 128th Overseas Battalion on December 30, 1915. He was 24 and single at the time. Before he left for overseas, he applied for a homestead on December 15, 1916. The 128th Battalion left Halifax on April 9, 1917. He served overseas with the 210th Frontiersmen Battalion where he distinguished himself. He was wounded in his right shoulder on October 6, 1918. Barry Shandro, writing in The Frontier Historian, tells of Sturley’s “exceptional aptitude for soldiering.” In combat, “he single-handedly charged and overtook a machine gun position, bayonetting all the enemy there.” When Sturley was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal on March 18,1919, the citation stated: “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Cambrai 25th to 27th September 1918. He oversaw six other ranks holding an important forward post, and against strong opposition maintained it throughout the night. Though wounded, he remained at duty and inspired his men to hold on.” John Sturley received his discharge papers in Regina on February 14, 1919. He married Mary Veronica BradshawFullard in Brandon on July 7, 1925. The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix described the ceremony as “one of the smartest weddings of the season.” The couple had one son (William) and three daughters (Sheila, Esme and Katherine). The family moved to Flin Flon in 1936 where John was an insurance and real estate agent. He was a charter member of the Royal Canadian Legion. Veronica passed away in 1944. John Sturley also served in World War II in the training program with the Fort Garry Horse. On June 22, 1973, at the age of 82, Sergeant-Major John Evelyn Sturley died at Victoria Beach situated on Lake Winnipeg. He is buried in Flin Flon Ross Park Cemetery.
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