Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-19

! Infantry. severely wounded, is %
years old, the son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
| Joseph Mitchell. He had been a
year at Bates College and two years
fire patrol for the State.
Pembroke, Me-. Dec. 1s-corp. Har-
old c. Sherrard. Co. I, 103d Infantry.
| wounded Sept. q, is II years old.
and son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
| Sherrard.
RangeIey. Ne, Dec. 17-Harold L.
| Quimby, severely wounded, Is the son
Of Mrs. J. D. Quimby. He went over
seas from Camp Devens last July and
was assigned to Co. 3, 2Sth Infantry.
Sabattus. Me-, Dec. 17-Eugene
Drinkwater of Sabbntus received
word today that his son. Leslie
Drinkwater. was killed in action Oct.
4. He was 81 years old and enlisted
in the Sth Company, Coast Artillery.
Mars Hill, Me, Dec. 1S-Private
Cecel e. Estabrook, Co. e, sSth En-
I gineers, wounded, is the only son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred j. Estabrook, %
years old.
| Private Ralph II. Durham. Co. A.
33d Infantry. died Of wounds Oct
10. according to Government notifica-
tio.i to his father. Walter M. Dun
! ham.
! Houlton. Me-, Dec. 17-Beryl Pro-
her, severely wounded, is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Proher OF Mon
ticello, aged 20.
Portland, Ne, Dec. 1S-Corp. Law
renee J. Bradley. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James V. Bradley of Millinocket.
formerly of Portland, was killed IN
action in one of the very latest bat
ties of the war. according to govern
ment information received by his
parents last week. His aunt, Mrs.
John Z. Bradley of q Eastern Prom
! enade, is in receipt of a letter dated
| Oct. 20, in which he stated that he
was in excellent health. The letter
was written from the front lines and
in it he said that he had been in the
trenches for nine months with prac-
tically no relief.
|
Mihiel front and the letter to his
aunt was written in a German dug
out on captured German territory.
Corp. Bradley enlisted more than
| tv-> years ago in the u. s. Army and
had been in France for more than a
year. He had been to the Mexican
border with the troops at the time OF
the uprising there.
He was q member of Co. G, 102nd
Machine Gun Battalion. His father
is well known in this city where he
was born and lived the greater part
of his life. Corp Bradley was a fire.
quent visitor here. Previous to en-
, listing he was employed as a travel
| ing salesman.
Abbot Village, Dec. 1s.--Private
| Clarence NJ. Gerrish went to Camp
Devens in the draft of March. 1918.
and was assigned to Co. G, 1872 En-
gineers Of the 18th Division, going
overseas last July. His sister, Mrs.
Abbie Bickford. was notified by the
government recently that he had been
severely wounded In action on Oct.
10, but she had letter from him dat
ed Oct. 81, stating that his wounds
/ were not serious. Private Gerrish is
20 years old. He has a brother in the
Lakeview, Dec. 1S.-Mr. and Mrs.
n. Newman have just received n let
! ter from their son, Private Ernest w.
Newman, Qisted as wounded degree
undetermined) that he is recovering
from wounds received in his arm.
Private Newman is in Co. F, 103d In
fantry, and was in the thick of the
| fighting until he was wounded. He
served in the Mexican border cam
paign with Co. r, Second Maine.
! Brunswick, Dec. 18.-Wilfred o.
Bernard Of Auburn died at the Dud-
ley Coe Memorial Infirmary at Bow
attack of influenza. He is a gradu-
ate Of Edward Little High and last
year received his degree from Bow
doin college. This year he has been
attending Bowdoin Medical school.
He is member Of the U. S. Medical
Reserve Corps and is the first Of that
organization to die at the college.
His fraternity was Sigma NJ. He
also belonged to the Bowdoin Biology
club.
| Fairfield, Dec. 1S.-David Thibo-
| deau, whose name appeared in a
recent casualty list as being killed in
action, was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Thibodeau of Fairfield. He
was killed in action on Oct. IA. Scrgt.
| Thibodeau wGs a member of the reg
ular army, enlisting March II. 1918.
| at Providence. r. l., at the age of II
years. He trained at Fort Slocum
for two months and was then trans
! ferred to Texas City, where he was
attached to Co. A. First Battalion,
! Mounted Engineers. He was then
transferred to Fort Sam Houston,
and after three years went into Mex
leo under the command of Gen.
! Pershing. He went overseas in
March, 1918. He was % years Of
age. Sergt Thibodeau is survived
by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Thibodeau and several brothers and