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Gerald Wismer

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772571
Unit at enlistment: 
125th 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: 
152 Clarence Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
152 Clarence Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Driver
Employer: 
Gibson Coal Co.
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
18

Letters and documents

BX May 18, 1917

Mrs. Ellen Wismer, 21 Carlisle Street, has received official notification from Ottawa that her son, Private Gerald Wismer, has suffered light gunshot wounds in the right leg and has been admitted to No. 18 General Hospital at Camiers on May 3. Prior to his enlistment with the first overseas battalion of the Dufferin Rifles, Pte. Wismer was an employee of the Gibson Coal Company.

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