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Egerton Fernley

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
204142
Unit at enlistment: 
96th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
February 8th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Ecoivres Military Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - IV.C.27.
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Onondaga, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Next of kin address: 
Onondaga, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Warehouse clerk
Religious denominations: 
Methodist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
31

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. 
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Trenches near Vimy.

BX February 23, 1917

Killed in Action

Today's casualty list gives the name of Private Egerton Fernley as having been Killed in Action.

BX February 23, 1917

Met Death at the Front – Young Man from Onondaga Meets a Hero’s Death While Fighting for the Empire and Human Liberty

Mr. Burrill, of the Onondaga River Road, received a telegram yesterday conveying the sad intelligence that Egerton Fernley had been killed in action.

The young man, who was especially well and favourably known throughout Onondaga Township, was brought in by the Mulligan’s. He was 28 years of age and left for the North West some two years ago. When the call came for men he felt it to be his duty to offer his services and he enlisted to Saskatoon.

He has met a heroic end and his memory will not alone be cherished by the family with whom he lived so long but also by a large number of County residents.

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