Category: Soldiers
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Private James Peter Robertson VC in the Great War
Private James Peter Robertson son of Alexander (1852-10 Jul 1913) and Janet Robertson (24 Jan 1858 – 8 Jul 1933), of 656, 5th St., South East, Medicine Hat, Alberta. James posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for several actions during the Second Battle of Passchendaele. Victoria Cross Recipients With his 6 ft 3, Robertson, a locomotive…
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Nursing Sister Jessie Nelson King in the Great War
Nursing Sister Jessie Nelson King the daughter of Mrs C A King of Victoria, British Columbia. Nursing Sister King a graduate of the Royal Jubilee Hospital School of Nursing, Victoria, British Columbia, Class of 1916. Sister of Lieutenant Albert Nelson King, who died while serving with the Royal Horse Artillery. At the time of his…
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Private Richard Bloor DCM in the Great War
Private Richard Bloor of the 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion, posthumously earned the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Only five days after his 41st birthday at the Battle of Canal du Nord. Richard resided at 488 Logan Ave, Trenton, New Jersey with his wife Gertrude Agnes Bloor, and came to Canada enlist in the CEF in September 1917.…
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Lieutenant Colonel Heber Havelock Moshier in the Great War
Lieutenant Colonel Heber Havelock Moshier captured outside his No 11 Canadian Field Ambulance dugout by CWRO photographer Lieutenant William Rider-Rider shortly before his death in action on 29 August 1918 in the Second Battle of Arras. The contribution of medical care to the British Empire coalition by the Province of Alberta during the Great War…
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Private Ingvale Silvereen Ondahl in the Great War
Norwegian-born soldier of the CEF Private Ingvale Silvereen Ondahl born 11 October 1887 in Christiania, Norway, son of Anton and Anna Ondahl, Macoun, Saskatchewan. At least 38 Norwegian-born soldiers of the CEF gave their lives in the Great War. Ingvale earned three Blue Chevrons and entitled to wear two Gold Wound Stripes for his service.…
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Private Nicholas Kolbasuk in the Great War
A Ukrainian soldier of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Nicholas (Nik) Kolbasuk son of Natalia Anishinouka Kolbasuk of Kiev, Russia (now Ukraine) served with the 52nd Battalion during the Great War. Pte Nik Kolbasuk injured on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, and later returned to his unit, but transferred to the…
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Private Andrew Christian Stensig Anderson in the Great War
Private Andrew Christian Stensig Anderson 437936, Mentioned in Douglas Haig’s Despatches, served with the 1st Battalion. More than sixty Danish men of the CEF gave their lives during the Great War. Son of Kristine Anderson (nee Wellew), of Amaliegade, 15, Aathus, Derunark. Born 29 October 1892, a farm labourer. Enlistment of Private Andrew Christian Stensig…
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Private Toshitako Ishihara in the Great War
Private Toshitako (or Toshitake) Ishihara born in October 1884. His mother Ben Ishihara resided at 94, Shimoknishiki-Mura, Nishigashiro-gun, Yamanashi-Ken, Japan (located in the Chūbu region of Honshu). Toshitako a fisherman by trade. The Canadian Japanese Association initially organized training for 200 soldiers who had volunteered between January and March of 1916 in Vancouver. However, their…
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Private Jim Dunn in the Great War
Prisoners of War Private Jim Dunn, 10th Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Fighting Tenth) wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Kitcheners’ Wood, 22 April 1915. Jim a single stenographer by trade, his brother William Fred Dunn resided at 509-16th Avenue, Calgary, Alberta. Private Jim Dunn 20471, previous service with 103rd Calgary Rifles, enlisted 24…
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Private Ethelbert ‘Curley’ Christian in the Great War
During the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Private Ethelbert (Curley) Christian suffered multiple injuries that would leave him a quadruple amputee. In fact, the only surviving quadruple amputee of the Great War. With his wife, Cleopatra, and the support of his medical team, he helped lay the foundation for what would later become a Canadian Forces financial…