Ernest Edward Hartley

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
749305
Unit at enlistment: 
117th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
52 Boswell Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
52 Boswell Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Iron worker
Religious denominations: 
Methodist
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
30

Letters and documents

BX April 27, 1917

Casualty List for Brantford is High Again

Private Ernest Edward Hartley is in No. 13 General Hospital, Calais, but no particulars of the nature of his injuries are available. Pte. Hartley went overseas last June and reached France in November. He is married and his wife and one child reside at 52 Boswell Avenue, Toronto. He was born in Brantford, but has resided for ten years in Toronto. He was working in the States with a structural iron company when the call came, and he returned to Toronto to enlist.