Pte
Edgar Edward Irwin
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 12/08/1896 |
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Place of birth: Port Hope, Ontario, Canada |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 805085 |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 21st Bn. (Eastern Ontario) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 06/11/1917 |
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Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
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Age: 21 |
Cemetery
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Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery Plot: 1 Row: C Grave: 46 |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4718 - 11). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
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War diaries: 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4931, Microfilm reel number: T-10731--T-10732, File number: 410, File part: 3). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/158447 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=662ff2e0-18f8-470b-b7d2-156c3fed4f1f |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5965151 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/158447 |