CEF Soldier Detail

Private Maurice Eisenhaur

Regimental Number:
3202024
Survived War:
 Yes
Force:
 Army
Regiment:
 Canadian Infantry
Battalion:
 66th Battalion
Company:
Place of Birth:
Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia
Country:
 Canada
Next of Kin:
William Eisenhauer, father, Hammonds Plain, NS
Address at Enlistment:
Date of Birth:
February 4, 1889
Trade or Calling:
baker
Marital Status:
 Single
Prior Military Experience:
Yes
Place of Enlistment:
 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
April 12, 1918
Age at enlistment:
29
Height:
 5 Feet 6 Inches
Chest:
 36 Inches
Expansion:
 3 Inches
Religion:
 Lutheran
Enlisted or Conscripted:
 Enlisted
Saw service in:
Unknown    
Cause of Death:
Not Specified
Battle Died/Wounded:
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
Buried at:
Plot:
Commemorated:
 
Prisoner of war:
Not Specified
Interned:
Gender:
 Male
Ethnic Origin:
Not Specified
LAC Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2854-56
Research Notes

he had previous reserve service with the Royal canadian Regiment and with 66th Princess Louise Fusliers

 

It appears that he was sent to 1st Depot Battalion for Nova Scotia, with a plan to have him then sent onto a "Specail draft" for the 66th (PLF)
Rank Regiment Unit Company
Private Canadian Infantry 66th Battalion
Private Maurice Eisenhaur is recorded as “Murran Eisenhaur” on the Mahone Bay cenotaph. He was 29 years old when he enlisted in the CEF on 12 April 1918 in Halifax. Maurice, stated upon enlistment, that he was a baker and had been born in Hammonds Plain . He listed his father, William Eisenhaur of Hammonds Plain, as his NOK.  He was assigned to the 66th Battalion – the  Princess Louise’s Fusiliers regiment (PLF) of Halifax.  Upon enlistment, it was noted that Maurice had previous service with the Royal Canadian Regiment and reserve service with the PLF. Local history indicates that Maurice served overseas with the 21st  Battalion (“The Princess of Wales Own Regiment” from eastern Ontario). While serving with 21 Batalion he suffered from physcological wounds brought on by incessant shelling (aka “shell shock”) and later the internal wounds inflicted during a gas attack. Maurice developed pneumonia (probably as a result of the Spanish Flu) and was invalided home to Canada. He died in December 1919.