Canada's History - Edward Shirtraw

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Private Edward Shirtraw, right, of Brockville, Ontario. (Wendy Rudd.)

Edward Shirtraw

Edward Shirtraw enlisted on September 10, 1915, at age 38. He served with the 44th Battalion and the 176th Tunnelling Company.

Edward Shirtraw enlisted on September 10, 1915, at age 38. He served with the 44th Battalion and the 176th Tunnelling Company. He was born in New York in 1876 and he married Alice Blair then later Margaret Fox.

He died April 28, 1940.

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Edward Shirtraw

Edward Shirtraw enlisted on September 10, 1915, at age 38. He served with the 44th Battalion and the 176th Tunnelling Company.

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Henry Devereaux Corlis White

He left the war physically unscathed but was mentally traumatized.

Thomas Williston

The body was that of Thomas Williston, who died of his wounds while in a German POW camp.

Eugene Elmer Woodrow

He died January 11, 1916 from wounds sustained in France.

Thomas Victor (Tod) Bayne Rutherford

He refused to be taken out of the fight until the reinforcements were sent up. By this time, it was too late. The sergeant died that day.

Hugh R. Dale-Harris

“The men who escaped say the last they saw of him he was firing his revolver at the Germans at about 40 yards.”