Private Edwin Langille
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Regimental Number: |
3187573 | Survived War: |
No |
Force: |
Army | Regiment: |
Canadian Infantry |
Battalion: |
260th Battalion | Company: |
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Place of Birth: |
Newburn, Nova Scotia | Country: |
Canada |
Next of Kin: |
Victoria Oickle, mother, Newburn, NS | Address at Enlistment: |
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Date of Birth: |
August 9, 1898 | Trade or Calling: |
lumberman |
Marital Status: |
Single | Prior Military Experience: |
Not Specified |
Place of Enlistment: |
Amherst, Nova Scotia | Date of Enlistment: |
June 3, 1918 |
Age at enlistment: |
19 | Height: |
5 Feet 4 Inches |
Chest: |
37 Inches | Expansion: |
4 Inches |
Religion: |
Church of England | Enlisted or Conscripted: |
Conscripted |
Saw service in: |
Canada | ||
Cause of Death: |
Died after the war of related injuries/illness | Battle Died/Wounded: |
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Date of Death: |
November 27, 1918 | Age at Death: |
20 |
Buried at: |
Victoria (Ross Bay) Cemetery, British Columbia, Canada | Plot: |
W. 4E. 43. |
Commemorated: |
Mahone Bay, NS | ||
Prisoner of war: |
No | Interned: |
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Gender: |
Male | Ethnic Origin: |
Not Specified |
| LAC Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5376 - 29 |
| Canadian Virtual War Memorial Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Research Notes |
| very likely he was killed in training or died of the Spanish flu ...his battalion was one of the two Cdn infantry units set sent to Siberia in 1918 to fight the "Reds" |
| Rank | Regiment | Unit | Company |
| Private | Canadian Infantry | 260th Battalion |
| Son of Victoria Oickle (formerly Langille), of 56, School St., Burnside, Connecticut, U.S.A., and the late Solomon Langille. |