Private Ablett had enlisted in Company B, 104th Engineers, when that company was organized in Camden on April 27, 1917. He was sent to Camp Edge, Sea Girt NJ and later to Camp McClellan, Anniston AL. Private Ablett was killed in action in the Argonne Forest on October 27, 1918, when he was shot in the arms and legs.
William Stanley Ablett was survived by his parents, James and Hattie Ablett, and a sister Alice. The surviving family moved to 618 Royden Street shortly after the war.
In 1941, the Housing Authority of the City of Camden honored the memory of William Stanley Ablett by naming it new housing project after him. Built to house the families of those working in Camden's defense industry, the William Stanley Ablett Village took in its first tenants in the summer of 1943. The 306 unit development sits at the corner of State Street and River Road, in Camden's Cramer Hill section.
Private Ablett had enlisted in Company B, 104th Engineers, when that company was organized in Camden on April 27, 1917. He was sent to Camp Edge, Sea Girt NJ and later to Camp McClellan, Anniston AL. Private Ablett was killed in action in the Argonne Forest on October 27, 1918, when he was shot in the arms and legs.
William Stanley Ablett was survived by his parents, James and Hattie Ablett, and a sister Alice. The surviving family moved to 618 Royden Street shortly after the war.
In 1941, the Housing Authority of the City of Camden honored the memory of William Stanley Ablett by naming it new housing project after him. Built to house the families of those working in Camden's defense industry, the William Stanley Ablett Village took in its first tenants in the summer of 1943. The 306 unit development sits at the corner of State Street and River Road, in Camden's Cramer Hill section.
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