John Harvey Sowers

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772975

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Oakland Methodist Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Norfolk

Birth city:

Boston, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

2 Mt. Pleasant Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Scotland, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX November 15, 1917

Mrs. Henry Sowers of 8 Ruth Street has received word that her son, Private John Harvey Sowers has been wounded and admitted to a field ambulance depot. He was wounded on November 6, and is suffering from shrapnel wounds in the hand and hip, and has a fractured leg. He formerly worked at the Cordage Works. A second son, Private Abraham Sowers has also been wounded.

BX December 20, 1965

John Harvey Sowers

John H. Sowers, 67, of 1015 Colborne Street East, died Sunday at his residence. He was born in Scotland, Ont., a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Sowers. Mr. Sowers farmed near Scotland previous to coming to Brantford about 50 years ago. He was a former employee of Robbins and Myers Company of Canada Limited, retiring in 1931. During the First World War he enlisted with the 125th Battalion, served overseas and was wounded at Vimy Ridge. Surviving besides his wife the former Maude Wheeler, are two sons, George and Harold, both at home. Mr. Sowers is at the Hill and Robinson Funeral Home until Wednesday for service in the chapel at 2 p.m. Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. W.A. Glazer of Cainsville United Church will officiate.