in Halifax, England and France with the 25th Nova Scotia Battalion. 1 was wounded at Passchendale in November, 1918 and was invalided hm. in February 1919, serving with the NS. Depot Battalion until the e of the war; and eventually commanded the 18th Highland Brigade v5 the rank of Colonel. of

On his return to Prince Edward Island he ranched foxes, and ' ganized the Charlottetown Fur Sales, and served as manager until Allis ust, 1940 when he was called again to active army service. He was post to N0. 60 Army Basic Training Centre in Yarmouth, NS. and contin1€2 there until his retirement in 1946, except for three months overseas ‘ln 1943. In 1945 he unsuccessfully contested federal seat of Yarmouth-Sha burne-Cl‘aire. During 1946 he was Secretary—Manager of the Dunk Rivcr Dairying Co. in Bedeque, P.E.I. B

In February, 1947 he was appointed manager of Cosmos Imper'g. Mills, Ltd. in Yarmouth. In 1957 was made Resident Director and (101:1 tinued in that office until retirement in 1968. In that year he return, to Prince Edward Island and is now living in Charlottetown. Q

Harold K. Howatt

The following account was written by Harold Howatt on his Se; vice in the Army during World War I. Mr. Howatt kept a diary fro) the time he left Charlottetown in 1916 until he returned in 1919; and ie with the aid of this diary was able to compile this concise account‘gt his term of duty:

In May, 1916, I enlisted in the 5th Siege Battery which had be‘ authorized by the war department in the spring of that year, headqut‘v ters to be in Charlottetown. The officers were: Commanding OfficW Major Peake, Captain Bagnall and Lieutenants Prowse, Messervy, MuI‘Pl‘.

and Peake- The strength of the battery was one hundred and fifty (15[,1

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