Willard Ewart "Ewart" Clemens

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• Residence: Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24360
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, 118th Overseas Battalion, Service #751114
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Lieutenant, 118th Battalion
• Website: 2009; Photograph

Notes:

Website:
Grace Schmidt Room of Local History Digital Collection

Description: Black and white photograph of Second Lieutenant Willard Ewart Clemens, Royal Air Force, in uniform.
Notes: Second Lieutenant Willard Ewart Clemens was a member of the Royal Air Force. He was a signaller in the 118th Battalion in November 1915. He served in the Divisional Signallers in Ottawa and joined the Royal Flying Corps as a cadet in the fall of 1917. He was killed in an accident at the Beamsville Camp, on 17 May 1918, where he was an instructor, at the age of 20.
Inscriptions:
Front: 2nd Lieut. Willard Ewart Clemens, R.A.F. Signaller 118th Batt. Nov. 1915. Divisional Signallers Ottawa. Cadet Royal Flying Corps fall, 1917. Instructor, Beamsville Camp, where he was accidentally killed May 17, 1918. Age 20.