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Dec 26, 1890
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Born in Camden,
Ontario to David Bell and Alice Fairfield (nee Vankoughnet) Burgess.
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Nov 9, 1914
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Attested into
the 21st Battalion in Kingston, Ontario:
Ø Number 59113 (temporary number 616)
Ø Next of kin given as David Burgess, father, Napanee, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Rigger
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Wesleyan
Ø Assigned to “E” Company
o This was later reorganized into “C” Company
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS
Metagama in Montreal, Quebec.
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in
Devonport, England and proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent.
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Jul 29, 1915
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Admitted to the
St. Martins Plain Tent Hospital at Shorncliffe diagnosed with VDG (Venereal Disease
Gonorrhea).
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Aug 9, 1915
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Discharged to
duty from hospital.
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St.
Seiriol in Folkestone.
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in
Boulogne, France and proceeded to St. Omer.
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Apr 9, 1916
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After first
being reported as missing in action, he was declared to have been killed in action during
the fighting at the St. Eloi Craters. The War
Work of Lennox and Addington, page 202, states that he was killed by a sniper’s
bullet.
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His body was
never recovered from the battlefield and he is commemorated on the walls of the Menin
Gate, Ypres, Belgium.
Following the
war the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny) and
Scroll were sent to his father, D. Burgess, Napanee, Ontario.
No Memorial
Cross was issued.
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