Frederick Clawsey

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

406063

Unit at enlistment:

36th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

St. Joseph's Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

98 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

98 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Moulder

Religious denominations:

Roman Catholic

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX May 15, 1917

Word was received in the city yesterday to the effect that Private Fred Clawsey of 98 West Mill Street had been wounded. He went overseas early in the history of the war with an infantry battalion.

BX January 4, 1918

Soldiers to Return

Because of home conditions, Private Fred Clawsey, 98 West Mill Street, a member of the First Battalion, is returning from overseas to his home in this city. Since his departure his father and younger brother have both died, and as his two other brothers are overseas, his mother is left alone.

BX February 20, 1918

More Veterans Returned Home – Pte. Ernest Walsh Was Victim of a German Bayonet Thrust

Among the other Brantford soldiers returning home from the scene of conflict this week are J.G. Knott, Lance Corp. J.A. Little, C. Roberts and E. Williamson. Pte Ernest Walsh, West Mill Street, is also an arrival. He was a victim of a German bayonet thrust. His battalion (75th) pulled off a raid on the German trenches at Lens last June and when the operation was over he was one of the stretcher-bearers who gathered in the Canadian wounded from the German lines to prevent them from being taken prisoners. The Huns came back and in the scuffle, Pte. Walsh received a bayonet thrust in the hip, which crippled him. He managed to get across No Man’s Land, however. Pte. Walsh was attested with the famous 84th Battalion in 1915, and came unscathed through the fighting at the Somme, Regina Trench and Vimy Ridge.

Pte. Fred Clawsey who left here with the 36th Battalion in the late Capt. Findlay Fraser’s Company is also home and apparently as well as ever, although he saw 27 months service in France with the 1st Battalion. Pte. Clawsey saw nearly all the important affairs of the British offensive and was several times blown up. But escaped serious injury.

BX February 23, 1918

Returned This Week

The following list of soldiers who have returned or are due to return home to Brantford this week was issued today by the Military Hospital Commission. Pte. E.A. Blackmore, Sergeant A. Bailey, Pte. John C. Cuddihee, 121 West Mill Street; Pte. Clawsey, Pte. H.J. Dunsdon, Pte. Ernest Edwards, 86 Mary Street; Pte. D.C. Glasspole, Sergeant. J.A. Jewell, Pte. F. Kenyon, Pte. J.D. MacConnachie, Pte. M.G. Scareman, Pte. S.J. Whittington.

BX January 13, 1932

Frederick Clawsey

The death took place Tuesday at the Brantford General Hospital of Frederick Clawsey in his 51st year. He leaves to mourn his loss one son, Clarence, this city, and three sisters, Mrs. Thomas Heming, Mrs. Roger Hohn and Mrs. Ernest Govan, all of Detroit. Three brothers, Arthur, this city, Edwin, Fairmount Virginia, and Wilfred New York, also survive. The funeral will be held from Thorpe brothers funeral parlors tomorrow, to St. Basil’s Church. Interment will be made in St. Joseph’s cemetery.

BX January 15, 1932

Frederick Clawsey

The funeral of Frederick Clawsey was conducted this morning from Thorpe Brothers funeral parlors to St. Basil’s Church where mass was sung by Rev. Father Ryan. Rev. Father T.L. Ferguson officiated at the graveside. The casket was draped with a large Union Jack designating the services rendered to his country by the deceased and Last Post was sounded at the graveside by Trumpeter James Horney of the Dufferin Rifles. Interment was made in the family plot at St. Joseph’s cemetery. The pallbearers were: William Miller, George Rowland, Harry Sullivan, James Clawsey, William Robbins and Norman Anderson.