Leon Paul Clemens^{[1, 2]}

1894 - 1917  (23 years)

• Name	Leon Paul Clemens
  Born	10 Feb 1894	Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1
  	Clemens, Leon Paul Private. Enlisted with O.A.C. Battery. Born at Blair 24 years ago. He was educated at Blair, at Galt Collegiate Institute and at the O.A.C. Guelph for two years. He was killed in action September 27, 1917. His step-mother lives on Spruce St., Galt, Ontario. Mrs. W.H. Clemens. Clemens, Leon Paul: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 16 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2830837/data?n=1
  		Clemens, Leon Paul Private. Enlisted with O.A.C. Battery. Born at Blair 24 years ago. He was educated at Blair, at Galt Collegiate Institute and at the O.A.C. Guelph for two years. He was killed in action September 27, 1917. His step-mother lives on Spruce St., Galt, Ontario. Mrs. W.H. Clemens. Clemens, Leon Paul: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 16 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2830837/data?n=1
  Military	1914	WW1   [6]
  	WW1, Private
  Military	1914	WW1   [7]
  	WW1, Service #324954
  Name	Paul Leon Clemens
  Residence	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Residence	Dept. Of Agriculture, Chatham, Ontario   [7]
  Eby ID Number	00023-1762.3
  Died	27 Sep 1917	west of, Bourlon, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   [8]
  Buried	Sains-Les-Marquion British Cemetery, Sains-lès-Marquion, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Person ID	I17032	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	William Henry Clemens,   b. 28 Feb 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Aug 1908, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Amelia Hagey,   b. 6 Nov 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Apr 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 750. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 419. [S177] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 3. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 3. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. Clemens, Leon Paul - Attestation Papers pg 1.gif Clemens, Leon Paul - Attestation Papers pg 2.gif [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S2443] Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948. Leon Paul Clemens Death Date: 27 Sep 1918 Rank: Gunner Unit: 13th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery Service number: 324954 "Killed in Action" Was acting as a signaller, with the forward observation officer, following up the infantry, when he was killed by splinters from an enemy shell.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Feb 1894 - Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Dept. Of Agriculture, Chatham, Ontario Died - 27 Sep 1917 - west of, Bourlon, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Buried - - Sains-Les-Marquion British Cemetery, Sains-lès-Marquion, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth