Freeman, Stephen
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Stephen Freeman was born May 11, 1888 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. He was the son of John A. Freeman of Princeton. He died on February 18, 1958 in Victoria, BC.
He was the secretary for the Princeton Water Works Co., Ltd in October 1910. He worked with E. Barr Hall (formerly of Blakeburn).
In June 1911, he started construction on a cottage on Auburn Crescent near the railway tunnel.
He was also an auditor for the Princeton General Hospital (1912). In March 1915, he was elected to the Hospital Board. He was at the front in January 1916 when the Princeton Board of Trade held its elections.
He was one of the first men to leave for the 1st World War. He left in 1914, going to France with the 16th Battalion. He later joined the first machine gun battalion. In 1915, he was wounded at Givenchy.
In June 1915, his father received a letter from the Adjutant General at Ottawa that Stephen was suffering from shock. His attestation documents indicate he enlisted in England on September 30, 1916 – perhaps to join the machine gun company of the Canadian Army service corps . At that time, Stephen Freeman was an assistant manager Princeton Coal and Land Co.
He was a Lieutenant and, in 1919, was awarded the military cross for bravery while fighting at Cambrie.
He returned to Princeton in August 1919. And was living in Blakeburn in 1934. He was secretary of the Princeton Legion No. 56 in May 1940.
He was working as an accountant for a logging company in Port MacNeil when he retired in 1952.
Princeton 100 Years, page 29; Princeton BC (1979) – Laurie Currie, page 29; Attestation papers; Similkameen Star, October 19, 1910, page 2; June 28, 1911, page 2; May 1, 1912, page 7; March 19, 1915, page 1; June 25, 1915, page 1; January 14, 1916, page 1; May 26, 1916, page 2; August 17, 1917, page 1; Princeton Star, January 24, 1919, page 1; Princeton Star, August 29, 1919, page 1; March 8, 1934, page 3; Similkameen Star, May 23, 1940, page 1