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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
WILLIAM J. MONTAGUE JR., was born in April of 1919 to William and Elva
Montague. In 1920 the Montagues lived at 1133 North 32nd Street in the
Cramer Hill section of Camden NJ. By 1930 his mother had remarried to
George Whaley, and with sisters Anna and Elva the family lived at 9357
Westfield avenue. He attended school in Pennsauken NJ, graduating from
the Pennsauken Junior High School. After leaving school and going to
work for the Kieckhefer Container Company at their box factory in the
Delair section of Pennsauken NJ, William Montague Jr. moved to 1135 Beideman Avenue in the
same Cramer Hill neighborhood where he had spent his early years. After
he received notification to report for active duty, he married Miss
Alice Watson of Union Avenue in Pennsauken on June 5, 1942. He left for
the Army four days later.
After reporting for active
duty, Private Montague was sent to Camp Gordon GA where he served as a cook at
prior to
being sent to Hawaii as a member of the 3007th Ordinance Company. He was
reported as missing in the South Pacific on November 1, 1943. William
J. Montague Jr. was survived by his wife, Alice Watson Montague, and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Whaley of 2800 Raritan Avenue in Pennsauken
NJ, and his sisters. |
