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Jul 8, 1905
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Shown on 47th
Frontenac Regiment payroll as a Private in No. 5 Company
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Jan 8, 1908
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Married to Mina Amelia Smith in
Odessa, Ontario
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Feb 5, 1916
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Attested into the 146th
Battalion CEF in Cole Lake, Ontario
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Number 835590
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Next of kin given as Mrs. Mina A.
Wagar, wife, Parham, Ontario
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Previous occupation given as Farmer
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Previous military experience given as
1 year in the 47th Frontenac Regiment, Canadian
Militia
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Religion given as Methodist
The battalion trained in the Kingston, Ontario area
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Feb 18, 1916
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Appointed to the rank of Acting
Corporal without pay
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Jun 10, 1916
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Promoted to the provisional rank of
Corporal
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Jul 3, 1916
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The battalion proceeded to Valcartier,
Quebec to continue training
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Sep 1, 1916
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Promoted to the rank of Provisional
Sergeant
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Sep 22, 1916
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The battalion proceeded by train to
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Sep 25, 1916
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Embarked the SS Southland
Shown on the
battalion’s embarkation roll with the rank of Corporal
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Oct 6, 1916
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and
the battalion proceeded to the Lower Dibgate Camp, Shorncliffe and many
of the men were transferred to other training battalions
Roy Wagar was
transferred to the 95th Battalion and appointed
to the rank of Acting Sergeant
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Jan 24, 1917
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Transferred to the newly formed 5th
Reserve Battalion at West Sandling
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Aug 3, 1917
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Transferred to the 6th
Reserve Battalion in Seaford and reduced to the rank of Private as the
battalion had a full compliment of NCOs and assigned to
“C” Company
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Nov 14, 1917
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Transferred to the 21st
Battalion
Arrived at the
No. 2 CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot) in Etaples, France as part of
a draft of 14 reinforcements from England and TOS (Taken On Strength)
the 21st Battalion.
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Nov 17, 1917
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After leaving the base depot, Private
Wagar joined the CC Rein C (Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp) in
Calonne Ricouart, France
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Nov 21, 1917
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Appointed to the rank of Acting
Corporal with pay to replace A/Cpl
Stanley 195204
who had been promoted
He was later
promoted to the rank of Corporal, but back dated to this date to
replace A/Cpl Stanley
195204 who had been promoted again
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Dec 2, 1917
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After leaving the reinforcement camp,
he joined the 21st Battalion resting in the
Suburban Camp, near Villers au Bois, France
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Apr 1, 1918
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The battalion was occupying the
front-line trenches near Neuville Vitasse, France when they came under
an artillery barrage near midnight.
Corporal Wagar was wounded during this barrage
and evacuated to the nearby No. 6 CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) for
first aid.
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Apr 2, 1918
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Corporal Roy Wagar died of his wounds
at the No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance and was buried in a field
north-north-west of Neuville Vitasse.
The exact location of his burial was not
recorded and when the war ended, his remains could not be located. His name is now recorded
on the walls of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Vimy Ridge, France
for those killed during the war in France and have no known grave.
Following the
war, the British War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s
Penny), Scroll and Memorial Cross were sent to his widow, Mrs. Roy
Wagar, Parham, Ontario
A second
Memorial Cross was sent to his mother, Mrs. Emma Wagar, Wagarville,
Ontario
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