Source: “Duty Nobly Done” page 287.
Further Information at Bruce Remembers.
Family Search: When Lieutenant Harry Braun Krug was born on 15 January 1895, in Chesley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Krug, was 29 and his mother, Mary Ann Brown, was 27. He married Marjorie Elaine Pearson on 17 August 1923 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Ontario, Canada ,in 1895 and Bruce, Ontario, Canada, for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 21, his occupation is listed as a student in Chesley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. He died on 22 May 1974, in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 79, and was buried in Little Brick United Church Cemetery, Oro Station, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Lieutenant Harry Braun Krug.
This man enlisted with the 160th Battalion and was attested at London, Ontario, on 10 August 1916. He had 9 months of prior military experience with the 32nd Bruce Regiment. He was a student practicing the Methodist faith.
He, along with the 160th Battalion, embarked for England at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 17 October 1916, arriving on 28 October 1916 at Liverpool, England.
He was transferred to the 4th Canadian Reserve Battalion on 22 February 1917 at Bramshott, arriving there two days later. He served there until he was transferred to the 18th Battalion, proceeding overseas on 9 April 1918.
He arrived the next day and was sent to the No. 2 Canadian Infantry Base Depot in Etaples and then was sent to the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp on 13 April 1918, being sent to the 18th Battalion the next day, arriving at the Battalion “in the field” on 16 April 1918.
HE was wounded “in the field” on 28 August 1918 with a GSW to the left shoulder (slight) and while at the Regimental Aid Post was gassed (mustard gas). This complicated his case, with him being admitted to the General Hospital at Camiers, France. He was invalided to England on 4 September 1918. He was admitted to Prince of Wales Hospital, Marylebone. He was transferred to the Western Ontario Regimental Depot during this time.
He as next admitted to the Canadian Convalescent Officers Hospital at Marlock Bath on 9 November 1918 and was discharged on 14 November 1918.
He was discharged on 1 February 1919.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 