[196-343.1] WILLIAM HOBART PORTER, b Feb. 19, 1883; s Hon. William W. and Mary A. (Hobart) Porter [196-244]; m May 18, 1918, ABBIE MOORE AUSTIN; dau Esmonde H. Austin, of Bridgewater, Pa. (1922.) No dssue.
During the World War William Hobart Porter trained at Fort Niagara from May 11 to August 15, 1917, and was then ordered to Camp Meade and assigned to Company A., 316th Infantry, as First Lieutenant. He was transferred to Headquarters Company, 316th Infantry, promoted to Captain, and assigned to Company I, 316th Infantry. He sailed for France on the Agamemnon and arrived at Brest, July, 1918. He participated in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives and Sector 304 Defensive. Captain Porter was discharged at Camp Dix, June 9, 1919.
Parents’ family: [196-244] Hon. William Wagener Porter and Mary Augusta Hobart