Lieutenant Ervin Simeon Conrad
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Regimental Number: |
79567 | Survived War: |
No |
Force: |
Army | Regiment: |
Canadian Infantry |
Battalion: |
31st Battalion | Company: |
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Place of Birth: |
Grand Desert, Nova Scotia | Country: |
Canada |
Next of Kin: |
Simeon Conrad, Father, Grand Desert, NS., Canada. | Address at Enlistment: |
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Date of Birth: |
January 23, 1886 | Trade or Calling: |
Engineer/Traveller |
Marital Status: |
Single | Prior Military Experience: |
No |
Place of Enlistment: |
Red Deer, Alberta | Date of Enlistment: |
November 18, 1914 |
Age at enlistment: |
28 | Height: |
5 Feet 10 Inches |
Chest: |
38 1/2 Inches | Expansion: |
4 Inches |
Religion: |
Church of England | Enlisted or Conscripted: |
Enlisted |
Saw service in: |
Europe | ||
Cause of Death: |
Killed in Action | Battle Died/Wounded: |
Killed in the Somme near to Courcelette by sniper's bullet. |
Date of Death: |
September 15, 1916 | Age at Death: |
30 |
Buried at: |
Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France | Plot: |
N/A |
Commemorated: |
Stettler, Alberta Cenotaph | ||
Prisoner of war: |
No | Interned: |
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Gender: |
Male | Ethnic Origin: |
Caucasian |
| LAC Reference: RG 150,Accession 1992-93/166 Box1926-15 |
| Canadian Virtual War Memorial Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Research Notes |
Info from the attestation papers and war diary. This man is on the CWGC site. Info updated from letters Ervin wrote home during the war and his service records. |
| Rank | Regiment | Unit | Company |
| Lieutenant | Canadian Infantry | 31st Battalion | |
| Corporal | Canadian Infantry | 31st Battalion |
| Images |
| Lieutenant Ervin S. Conrad, Believed to be taken between July 28 to Aug 6, 1916 in England after promotion to Lieutenant |
Son of Simeon and Sarah Conrad, of Grand Desert, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia. This man was promoted from Corporal to temporary Lieutenant in the 31st on 19th July 1916. The war diary states that this officer became the Battalion Scout Officer on 14th August 1916. This officer along with one OR attended a Snipers course at Mont Des Chats on 18th August 1916. KIA September 15th, 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. Moved up from Canadian front line to the area of a German communication trench along the Mouquet Road (Sunken Road) just outside of Courcelette and was struck in the breast by a sniper's bullet. |