Everyone remembers

John Manuel Hensley

John Manuel Hensley was a strong soldier during the Great
War. He was only 18 years old when he died, which is way
too early.
The parents of John Manuel Hensley were Charles and Mary
Chapman Hensley, and he was born on January 2, 1899 in
Nova Scotia, which is a Canadian province. His religion was
Presbyterian. During the Great War Nova Scotia had
550,000 inhabitants, and for the war 39 units were raised,
made up of 30,000 soldiers. During the war, the port of
Halifax became very important because it was a major
shipment point for troop ships to Europe from Canada and the United
States, war supplies and hospital ships bringing back the wounded.
J.M. Hensley lied about his age. He said that he was born
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in 1897 instead of 1899. He was a captain from January
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10, 191 until October 30, 1917. That is very special
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because it means that he already was captain when he was only 16 years
old. But, because he lied about his age they thought he was 18.
His regiment was the Canadian Infantry and he was 1,73 metre tall.
John Manuel Hensley died during the Second Battle of Passchendaele,
which took place from October 26th until November 10th 1917. Hensley
passed away on October 30th 1917 at an age of 18. The 2nd Battle of
Passchendaele was the culminating attack during the Third Battle of Ypres.
With the 2nd Battle of Passchendaele were counted 45 thousand casualties
in total. 217 thousand casualties in total were found caused by the Third
Battle of Ypres.
John Manuel Hensley is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium, which is a
very very big cemetery where many soldiers who died during the Great
War are buried.

J.M. Hensley at
Whitley Camp
England