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19 August 1917 : Acting Major Okill Massey Learmonth
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Okill was born in Quebec City, Canada on 20 February 1894. His parents, William and Martha Learmonth, were from Britain. At the time of the 1901 Census, he had an older sister Constance, and 50 year old Catherine Stapleton, a servant from Indiana, lived with them. At the time of the 1911 Census, Okill is still living with his parents and workin...
5 May 1915 : Pte Herbert M Wightwick
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Herbert Wightwick was born in Hastings, Sussex on 27 August 1885. He emigrated to Canada where, at the time of the outbreak of war, he was employed as a clerk in Red Deer, Alberta. He enlisted at Red Deer into the Canadian Army and attested at Valcartier on 22 September 1914. With the 5th Bn CEF, Herbert sailed from Quebec on 3 October 1914 and...
11 May 1915: Captain George Clarence Gliddon
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George Gliddon was born at Rodney, Ontario on 6 June 1888. His parents were John Gliddon and Mary née (Baker) A graduate of St Thomas College and the University of Toronto where he studied medicine between 1909 and 1914, he was about to enter practice as a physician in partnership with his brother when war broke out. Enlisting at Valcartier in...