went to Amiens, where we took part in the Allied offensive starting c August 8th, which was the beginning of the end of the war.

From Amiens we moved to the Arras front, and from there ii moved steadily forward taking part in the battle of Valenciennes whei we fired 1200 shells from six (6) guns in one day, the largest operation it our battery of the entire war. When the war ended on November 11, 191‘

we were in a small town near Mons, where the British army fought i first engagement in 1914.

We went up to Germany with the “army of occupation” and for time were stationed in Cologne on the bank of the Rhine. From there \l went to Mehlern, a small town near Bonn. We stayed there until Ma cc and then back to England to a large camp in Rhyll, Wales. We spei several weeks there, and then the first week in May we sailed from Pl; mouth and arrived on Prince Edward Island on May 1919—all delights to be home again.

WORLD WAR II

As in World War I, so in World War II, several Augustine Cm boys answered the call of duty to fight for the freedom of their counti“ Those who served during the Second World War were: Kenneth Dawso, Austin Boulter, Leonard Cameron, Marvin Sherren and Ashley Bartlet Austin Boulter and Ashley Bartlett paid the supreme sacrifice.

Kenneth Dawson

Kenneth Dawson was born in Augustine Cove on July 15, 191 the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dawson. He enlisted in the Canadian A111 in March, 1943. He served in Canada, the United Kingdom and Contine tal Europe until the end of the war, and was returned to Canada in Marc 1946. Upon return to civilian life he began a grocery store business.l

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