Private Frederick ’Fred’ McAvay

1. Private, 5th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-09-22 to 1917-04-09
2. Private (Army). 1916-07-18 to 1916-09-21
3. Private (Army). 1916-03-21 to 1916-07-17

Son of John Raymond McAvay and Annie McAvay (nee Whelan); younger brother of John McAvay (Service No. 2384193) and older brother of Joseph Raymond McAvay (Service No. 505298)

The Daily Times Journal, Port Arthur, Ontario May 5, 1917

From the front page:

Fred McAvay - Mr. and Mrs. John McAvay, of 204 South Marks street, received word this morning from the record office at Ottawa announcing that their son 199144 Fred McAvay was killed in action on April 9th. He was 29 years of age last September 7th and left here last June with Colonel Machin's battalion. Previous to enlisting he was one of the mail carriers connected with local post office staff. He was one of the first carriers appointed in Fort William at the time the delivery system was inaugurated Sept. 19, 1908. His record in this service has been exemplary as there never was a serious complaint against his work on the beat in that part of the city between the Kam Power company plant and elevator D and from there west a short distance on the streets in that vicinity. There is another brother Ray , aged 19 years in the signal corps in training in England. Besides his brother in England, Fred McAvay is survived by his father John, who has been a resident of Fort William for 33 years and has been a pioneer grain trimmer, his mother Mrs. McAvay, one other brother and 4 sisters.

His service file is digitized and available at the above LAC link. The following are extracted from this service file:

94th Battalion Nominal Roll

Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database