Kester William Edmondson

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55607

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Alexandra Presbyterian Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

466 Colborne Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

466 Colborne Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Baker

Employer:

Ham and Nott Co.

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Wounded

BX October 19, 1915

Gunshot in Head Received - Pte. Kester Edmondson Shot While Working With Field Kitchen

Mrs. Kester William Edmondson, Colborne Street, received word today from Ottawa that her husband, Pte. Kester Edmondson had been wounded recently. He was a baker and was in the trenches with his field kitchen, which had been placed in a special dugout, when a starry bullet hit him in the head.

Pte. Kester Edmondson left with the 19th Battalion, being in C. Company, Major Newman commander. He was at the time of enlistment a foreman at the Ham & Nott factory. He had formerly been a baker, and with the military went back to his old trade.

Mrs. Edmondson resides at the corner of Colborne and Brock Streets.