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First World War

 

Roll of Honour

Charles Cleveland Eastland

PRIVATE EASTLAND, born at Apsley, Ontario, March 22, 1893. Home in Calgary, Alberta. Joined Gadsby, Alberta branch, March 16, 1914. Enlisted from Gadsby branch, in the 187th Battalion, July 31, 1916. Served also with 50th Battalion. Present at Passchendaele, Denain, Amiens, Bourlon Wood, Valenciennes, Cambrai. Honours-Military Medal. Killed in action at Cambrai, September 27, 1918.

John Francis Edens

LIEUTENANT EDENS, born at St. John's, Newfoundland, on October 1, 1896. Joined St. John's branch, September 2, 1912. Enlisted from St. John's branch, January 2, 1915, in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Present at Ypres, the Somme, Beaumont Hamel, Guedecourt, Cambrai, and other engagements. Killed in action at Cambrai, November 20, 1917.

Fred Fletcher Elliott

LIEUTENANT ELLIOTT, born at Matsumoto, Japan, January 26, 1891. Home in Sardis, British Columbia. Joined Victoria, British Columbia branch, May 18, 1907. Enlisted from Vancouver, British Columbia, East End branch, August 22, 1914, in the 7th Battalion. Present at most of the early Canadian engagements. Killed in action at the Third Battle of Ypres, June 3, 1916.

Charles Wesley Elsdon

BOMBARDIER ELSDON, born at Dorchester, New Brunswick, December 28, 1896. Joined Dorchester branch, August 4, 1913. Enlisted from Dorchester branch, August 20, 1914, in the 7th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery. Present at all Canadian Corps engagements from the Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915, to Haynecourt, before Cambrai, in September 1918. Killed in action at Haynecourt, September 28, 1918.

David Thornton Embree

COMPANY SERGEANT-MAJOR EMBREE, born at Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, August 25, 1891. Joined Port Hawkesbury branch, February 1, 1910. Enlisted from Halifax, Nova Scotia branch, March 27, 1915, in the 40th Battalion. Transferred and served with the 58th Battalion. Present at Ypres, Vimy Ridge, the Somme, and other engagements. Killed in action near Lens, December 29, 1917.

Richard Albert Estey

SIGNALLER ESTEY, born at Grand Falls, New Brunswick, June 26, 1898. Joined Grand Falls branch, April 14, 1914. Enlisted from Grand Falls branch, July 15, 1915, and served with the 55th and 25th Battalions. Present at Courcelette and Vimy Ridge. Killed in action at Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917.

 

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