Feb 15, 1891

Born in Aultsville, Ontario to James Nelson and Nancy Agnes (nee Fetterly) Pruner

Apr 25, 1902

Father, James Pruner, passed away in Williamsburg, Ontario

Sep 6, 1915

Shown on the payroll of the 59^th Regiment, Stormont & Glengarry Regiment’s Canal Patrol

Apr 8, 1916

Attested into the 154^th Battalion CEF in Morrisburg, Ontario

Ø  Number 634014

Ø  Next of kin given as Nancie Agnes Pruner, mother, Aultsville, Ontario

Ø  Previous occupation given as Farmer

Ø  Previous military experience given as 7 months on Home Guard

Ø  Religion given as Church of England

 
The battalion trained in the Barriefield Camp, Kingston, Ontario

Oct 25, 1916

Embarked the SS Mauretania in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Oct 31, 1916

Disembarked in Liverpool, England and the battalion proceeded to Bramshott to continue training

Dec 24, 1916

Admitted to the Aldershot Isolation Hospital with a diagnosis that reads Rubella, also shown as Mumps

Jan 31, 1917

Transferred to the newly formed 6^th Reserve Battalion in East Sandling.

 
Shortly after the formation of the battalion, it moved to Seaford to train reinforcements for the front

Feb 2, 1917

Discharged to duty from hospital

Apr 21, 1917

Transferred to the 21^st Battalion

Apr 22, 1917

Arrived at the CBD (Canadian Base Depot) in the Rouelles Camp, Havre, France as part of a draft of 3,000 reinforcements from England and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21^st Battalion

Jun 5, 1917

After leaving the base depot, Private Pruner joined the 21^st Battalion resting in Coupigny, France

Nov 9, 1917

Private Pruner is officially reported to have been killed in action between November 9 and November 12, 1917 on the Passchendaele front.  The battalion suffered a large number of casualties on November 9 when a shell landed in the middle of a work party, killing and wounding several men.  Several of these men could not be identified, and none were buried until a few days later.  All those killed from that event are buried together in the White House Cemetery Ypres, Belgium.  Private Pruner is buried in the same row with those casualties, and I strongly suspect that he was killed with them on the 9^th.

 
Following the war, the British War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and Memorial Cross were sent to his mother, Mrs. Nancy Agnes Markell (she had remarried), Aultsville, Ontario

Mahlon Emanuel Pruner is honoured on the Ingleside, Ontario War Memorial