Digitized Service Record
Source: 18th Battalion Medal list in booklet.
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Family Search: When Sapper John Gordon Cogger was born on 16 April 1897, in Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, John E Cogger Jr, was 27 and his mother, Alice G Donnelly, was 26. He married Mary Gertrude Levasseur on 25 November 1920, in Fort Fairfield, Aroostook, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He immigrated to Houlton, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1920 and lived in Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine, United States for about 10 years and Houlton, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1947. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1921, his occupation is listed as telegraph operator, bangor and aroostook railroad in Maine, United States. He died on 7 January 1947, in Lancaster, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 49, and was buried in Saint Marys Cemetery, Houlton, Aroostook, Maine, United States.
This man enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Woodstock, New Brunswick on 3 April 1915. His regimental number was 444340, and his initial unit was the 55 Battalion.
He arrived in England on 9 November 1915 and was transferred to the 18th Battalion and arrived “in the field” on 15 June 1917.
He was then transferred to the Canadian Signal Pool effective 8 March 1918.
He earned a Military Medal during his service.
He was discharged due to demobilization on 26 May 1919 at St. John, New Brunswick.
OBIT
JOHN G. COGGER
Houlton Railroad Man And War Veteran Dies
HOULTON, Jan 17—John Gordon Cogger, 49, of 8 West Street, Houlton, for many years a resident of Presque Isle, died Thursday at West St. John, N. B., following a prolonged illness.
He was born in Woodstock, N. B., April 16, 1897, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Cogger. He enlisted in the Canadian Army at the outbreak of World War 1, achieving meritorious recognition while serving in Passchendaele Belgium, where he was awarded the Military Medal. He served in England, France, Germany and Belgium.
After the war he was employed as telegraph operator for the Bangor and Aroostook railroad, in Fort Fairfield and Presque Isle, about three years.
Nov. 22, 1920, Mr. Cogger was married to Miss Gertrude LeVasseur of Fort Fairfield, who survives. Shortly after his marriage, he was transferred to the railroad station at Phair, where he served as agent and postmaster for many years.
In May 1945, Mr. Cogger accepted a position of telegrapher in the Houlton office and six months later was forced to resign because of ill health. He had been hospitalized for the past 14 months.
Surviving, besides his wife, are two sons, C. Gordon Cogger of the U. S. Army, stationed at Bolling Field, Washington, D. C., and Marine J. Cogger, of the Merchant Marine; a brother, Ralph Cogger of Woodstock, N. B., and a sister, Mrs. Mary Bowlin of New York City.
Funeral services were held Friday morning at Saint Mary’s Catholic church, Rev. A. J. P. Cheney celebrated the High Mass of Requiem. Bearers were William Knox, Henry White, Guy Hanson and Herschel Lee.
The Bangor Daily News
Sat, Jan 18, 1947 ·Page 10
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 