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John Chickegian

John Chickegian
Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
270217
Unit at enlistment: 
215th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Commemorated at: 
Grace Anglican Church
Birth country: 
Armenia
Birth city: 
Erzurum
Address at enlistment: 
128 Alfred Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
128 Alfred Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Moulder
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
45

Letters and documents

BX June 6, 1916

To the Editor

An Armenian’s Appeal

To the Editor of The Expositor

Sir,

I would like to say something; listen to me! Listen to me! In every corner of the country we are told “Your King and Country needs you.”  This doesn’t mean ladies.  It means men.  Ladies will have to wait till this war is over and the men come back.  I want to tell you that I am an Armenian.  There were at least over 100 colleges that the British have built in Armenia, all are burned, the teachers all hanged and the people butchered.  This is no time to wait.  I’d want to see every man sign in the 215th with his own will. Wake up and come on.  The Kaiser is the one that is at the head of these atrocities.  When an Armenian like me enlists you Canadians ought to enlist.  There is no other country like this for freedom and equal rights.

John Chickegian,
215th Battalion

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