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Jul 17, 1890
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Born in New Ross, Nova Scotia to David and Melissa
(nee Gates) Lantz
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Jan 20, 1917
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Attested into the Draft Giving Field Artillery
Ammunition Column in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ø Number 248664
Ø Next of kin given as David
Lantz, father, New Ross, Nova Scotia
Ø Previous occupation given as
Cooper
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Baptist
Ø Posted to the 1st
Depot Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment’s 4th Draft
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Apr 17, 1918
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Embarked the SS Melita in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Apr 28, 1918
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and proceeded
to the Segregation Camp at Frensham Pond and was quarantined to ensure there
were no cases of Influenza in the group.
On arrival, he was Taken On Strength of the 17th Reserve
Battalion
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Jun 6, 1918
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Released from the segregation camp and reported
to the 17th Reserve Battalion in Bramshott
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Sep 11, 1918
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Transferred to the 85th Battalion
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Sep 13, 1918
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Arrived at the CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base
Depot) in Etaples, France and Taken On Strength of the 85th
Battalion
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Sep 16, 1918
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After leaving the base depot, he joined the CCRC (Canadian Corps
Reinforcement Camp) in Aubin St. Vaast, France
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Sep 19, 1918
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While still at the reinforcement camp, and before
he could join the 85th Battalion at the front, he was transferred
to the 21st Battalion
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Sep 20, 1918
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After leaving the reinforcement camp, Private
Lantz joined the 21st Battalion on the approach to the Canal du
Nord in France and was posted to “D” Company
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Dec 13, 1918
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The 21st Battalion led the 2nd
Canadian Division across the Bonn Bridge to enter Germany as part of the
Occupying Force and proceeded to Siegburg
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Mar 9, 1919
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Proceeded to Namur, Belgium on Guard Duty
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Mar 14, 1919
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Proceeded to England and transferred to the EORD
(Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) in Seaford pending return to Canada for
service with the Military Police
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Mar 17, 1919
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Transferred to the 6th Reserve Battalion
in Seaford
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Apr 23, 1919
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Transferred to the NBRD (New Brunswick Regimental
Depot) in Ripon
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May 6, 1919
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Embarked the SS Scotian in Liverpool
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May 15, 1919
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Disembarked in Montreal, Quebec and proceeded to Halifax, Nova
Scotia where he was Taken On Strength of No. 6 Detachment of the CMPC
(Canadian Military Police Corps)
On arrival, he was appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal
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Jul 2, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ø Rank on discharge Lance
Corporal
Ø Entitled to War Service Badge
Class “A”
Ø Proposed residence on discharge
Port Williams, Nova Scotia
Following his discharge, the British War Medal
and Victory Medals were sent to him at Canard, Nova Scotia
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Jun 2, 1920
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Married to Glennie (Lily) Kinsman in Kentville,
Nova Scotia
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May 14, 1970
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Elmer Otis Lantz died of Pneumonia while a
patient of the King’s County Hospital in Waterville, Nova Scotia and was
buried in the Jawbone Corner Cemetery, Canard, Nova Scotia
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