Private Ernest Albert Fryers
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Fryers,
Ernest Albert
Date of birth: 1898-08-16
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Elizabeth Fryers, Mother, 390 Delaware Av., Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Student
Occupation (normalized): Other Professional, Technical and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Address:
390 Delaware Av., Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-01-26
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Thelus Military Cemetery, I. B. 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 228032
Highest Rank:
Private
(20th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 20th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Avion section
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 296777
LAC ID:
404705
Service file: B3328-S013
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Albert E. and Elizabeth H. Fryers, of 390, Delaware Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. He was killed in action about 3 PM on the 26th when he and Sergeant A. L. Robinson, #58033, were killed in a "funk hole" by a "fishtail". This is described in the 20th Battalion's War Diary of that date.
In Memoriam Notice, Toronto Star, 07 February 1918, pg. 15:
FRYERS--Killed in action "somewhere in France," on Jan. 26, 1918. 228032 Pte. Ernest Albert Fryers, 20th Battalion, Canadians, aged 19 years, only and dearly beloved son of A. E. and E. H. Fryers, 390 Delaware ave., Toronto.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 20th Battalion A Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2017-02-27