Cause of Death: Spinal Meningitis
Location: Toronto, Ontario
BX February 17, 1915
Indian from Reserve – Private Frank Isaac Who is With the Second Contingent at Toronto, Has Spinal Meningitis
TORONTO, Feb 17 - Two more cases of cerebral spinal meningitis have been discovered in the Exhibition Camp. This time the disease has appeared in the 20th Battalion. The men are Private Reginald Taylor of D. Company of Huntsville and Private F. Isaac, an Indian from near Brantford. He is also of D. Company. These men were removed to the hospital today and their company has been isolated from the rest of the camp.
BX March 8, 1915
Private Frank Isaac Passes Away – Six Nations Volunteer Died in Toronto from Spinal Meningitis
Word was received in the city this morning of the death in the military training camp at the Toronto Exhibition grounds of Private Frank Isaac of the Six Nations reserve, from spinal meningitis. Although he did not enlist from Brantford, Private Isaac was very well known in the city, and the news of his death, although it had been looked for, for some days, will be received with genuine regret.
The late Private Isaac was a member of the Six Nations reserve, residing at Ohsweken. He was a son of Chief Peter Isaac, a well-known member of the Indian council. He enlisted at Cayuga with the Thirty-Seventh Haldimand Rifles, along with a number of compatriots. Some weeks ago, he was taken down with the dreaded disease, spinal meningitis, and his condition was serious throughout his illness, death finally stepping in this morning.
BX March 9, 1915
Military Funeral – Remains of Private Private Isaac, Who Died in Toronto, Will be Laid at Rest in Ohsweken
Military honors will be accorded to Pte. Frank Isaac, the Six Nations’ Indian from Ohsweken, who died in Toronto General Hospital yesterday from spinal meningitis, the seriousness of his condition being aggravated by an infection of the inner ear. His was the second death from cerebrospinal meningitis.
Private Isaac was a member of the 20th Battalion, D. Company. The funeral will take place on Wednesday to Sunnyside station, Toronto, and will be of a military nature, the members of D. Company turning out. The remains will be sent to this city for interment. The deceased has a sister, Miss Mary Isaac, residing at 35 South St. here, and the body will be brought here, but interment will take place at Ohsweken, where the other deceased members of the family are buried.
BX March 10, 1915
Private Frank Isaac Interned at Ohsweken
The remains of the late Private Frank Isaac of the second contingent at Toronto will be brought to the city this afternoon and will be taken to Ohsweken for interment, he being a resident of that section. There will be no military turnout in this city.
BX March 10, 1915
Military Funeral for Private Frank Isaac
Toronto, March 10. – A military funeral will be accorded today to the late Private Frank Isaac the Indian who died on Monday at the General Hospital. No religious rites will be observed. In Toronto however, “D” Company, 20th Battalion to which Private Isaac belonged, will escort the body to the Union Station whence it will be sent to Brantford.
In the rural districts of the Second Division, the 35th and 36th Battalions are now up to strength. The 37th Battalion only requires some 40 men to complete its establishment.
BX March 11, 1915
Funeral of Private Frank Isaac – Remains Were Escorted to Graveside by Members of Haldimand Rifles
The remains of the late Private Frank Isaac were laid at rest at 11 o’clock this morning in the cemetery at Ohsweken, with fellow members of the 37th Haldimand Regiment, of which the deceased was a member, joining also for active service providing an escort to the grave.
The funeral took place from Toronto at noon yesterday, the procession marching by way of University Ave. and Simcoe Street to the station. D. Company, the 20th active service battalion, of which the deceased was a member at the time of his death from spinal meningitis, marched to the station with the body, the regimental brass band being in attendance. The remains were placed on the Grand Trunk train for this city, arriving here yesterday afternoon. On arrival here, they were taken in charge by H.B. Beckett, who sent them out to Ohsweken this morning for interment.
