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Private Ethelbert ’Curley’ Christian

View Attestation Images [2]Attestation record: Ethelbert ’Curley’ Christian Attestation record: Ethelbert ’Curley’ Christian
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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1882-04-15
Place of birth: Homestead Pennsylvania U.S.A.
Next of kin: Emma Christian, mother. Baptist Church Homestead, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Chain Maker
Occupation (normalized): Metal Processor, Specialisation Unknown
Address: Selkirk, Manitoba
Religion: Baptist
Date of death: 1954-03-15

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 721010
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army). 1917-07-04 to 1918-09-03
  2. Private, 78th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-12-29 to 1917-07-04
  3. Private (Army). 1915-11-22 to 1916-12-28
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded April 9, 1917 at Vimy Ridge

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 100301
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1695-S054
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Daniel Christian and Emma Christian (nee Neibors); husband of Cleopatra Ann 'Cleo' Christian (nee MacPherson) married December 11, 1920. Cleo was a volunteer aid in Toronto who cared for Curley when he was invalided home

For the 95th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, The Legacy Voices project contacted CBC to do a piece on Curley which was broadcast on The National. Information provided from The Thamis Gayle Collection, Blacks and West Indians in the C.E.F. Not part of No 2 Construction Battalion

Original Unit: 108th Battalion

Final Unit: 78th Battalion

Wounded at Vimy, Canada's first surviving quadruple amputee. Lost both legs 5" below the knees, left arm 6" below the elbow and right arm 4" below the elbow

Uploader's Research notes:

108th Battalion Nominal Roll

The Legacy Voices Project

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 78th Battalion

Wounded at Vimy - quadruple amputee

Private Army Canadian Infantry 108th Battalion Private Army Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 16 Ontario Military Hospital, Orpington Discharged Medically Unfit ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2010-10-20
Last modified: 2018-09-28