Name
Leslie Akiwenzie/ Ahkewenzie / Kewenzie
Born
1891-01-24
Birth Place
Occupation
Labourer
Religion
Methodist
Died
1918-08-08
Death Place
Amiens, France
Death
Died of wounds
Other Residence
Monument
Cemetery
Service Record 1
Regimental Number
652156
Highest Rank
Private
Conflict
Battalion
Company
Enlisted
Enlistment /Transfer Date
1916-04-04
Service Record 2
Regimental Number
652156
Highest Rank
Private
Conflict
Battalion
Wounded Date
1918-08-08
Wounds
Gun Shot Wound to the Neck
Artefacts, Photographs & Resources
Visit the Online Collections of the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre through the link below, for more resources related to this soldier.
Online Collections Link
Notes
Place of birth is also listed as Chippewa Hill, ON. Leslie Ahkewenzie's name is listed on the Saugeen First Nation portion of the Southampton Cenotaph.Sources & Links
- Gaffen, Fred. Forgotten Soldiers. Penticton: Theytus Books Ltd., 1985. Print.- McLeod, Norman. “The History of the County of Bruce 1907-1968”, vol 2, Bruce County Historical Society, 1969. Print.
- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
- Find a Grave
News Clippings
"In honoured memory of the men of Southampton and Saugeen Reserve," 1922, p. 7
"In honoured memory of the men of Southampton and Saugeen Reserve," cover
Southampton Beacon, September 5, 1918
160th Battalion enlistment card