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Mar 3, 1891
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Born at London England
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May 30, 1917
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Attested into the Signal Training Depot at St
John New Brunswick.
Ø Attested as Bertram Phillips
Ø Number 2265517
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs Nora Wylane (aunt) of 26 Herbert St.,
Devonport England
Ø Previous occupation given as Clerk
Ø Previous military experience given as 8 years in Royal Navy
Ø Religion given as Church of England
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May 31, 1917
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Last Will and Testament made out leaving
entire estate to Mrs Nora Wylane (aunt) of 26 Herbert St., Devenport England
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Aug 9, 1917
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Admitted to Military Hospital in Ottawa
Ontario with measles
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Aug 31, 1917
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Discharged to duty
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Nov 24, 1917
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Embarked the SS Megantic at Halifax
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Dec 7, 1917
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Disembarked at Liverpool England
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Dec 8, 1917
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TOS (Taken On Strength) CETD (Canadian
Engineers Training Depot) at Seaford
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Dec 19, 1917
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SOS (Struck Off Strength) on transfer to 7th
Reserve Battalion
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Jan 22, 1918
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Appointed to rank of Acting Lance Corporal
with pay and allowances
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Feb 15, 1918
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SOS 7th Reserve Battalion and TOS 6th
Reserve Battalion
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Apr 10, 1918
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Reverts to rank of Pte to proceed to France at
own request
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Apr 11, 1918
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Posted to PPCLI (Princess Patricia Canadian
Light Infantry)
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Apr 12, 1918
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TOS PPCLI on arrival at 3rd CIBD
(Canadian Infantry Base Depot)
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Apr 14, 1918
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Left for CCRC (Canadian Corps Reinforcement
Camp)
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Apr 15, 1918
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Arrived at CCRC and immediately left to join
PPCLI
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Jun 5, 1918
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Posted to 21st Battalion
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Jun 8, 1918
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Joined 21st Battalion in the field
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Aug 27, 1918
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Killed in Action. Either his body was never recovered, or if
recovered, was never identified. For that
reason he is commemorated on the Vimy Ridge Memorial, Vimy France
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Jul 28, 1920
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Memorial Cross sent to Mrs Sarah Mitchell
(mother) at 12 Ocean St., Keyham Devonport England
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Jan 18, 1923
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British War Medal and Victory Medal sent to
Mrs Nora Wylane at 26 Herbert St., Devenport England
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Mar 12, 1923
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Death Plaque (commonly called the Dead
Man’s Penny) and Scroll sent to Mr Frederick Mitchell (father) of 12 Ocean St.,
Keyham Devonport England
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It is unclear which name is engraved on the
medals as both the Mitchell and Phillips name appears on the medals card in the file.
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2010
For the 7
nights leading up to November 11, 2010, the names of all Canadian soldiers were projected
onto the Belgian War Memorial in Ypres. At
the same time, the same names were being broadcast via the internet to schools across
Belgium and Canada. The image above shows
the opening ceremonies at the Belgian War Memorial on November 4, 2010.
Below on the
left is the name of Edgar Mitchell being projected on that wall. Below right shows the name being broadcast to the
schools. Each name appeared for 25 seconds
and each night 9,700 names were shown.
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