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Private Edward Fairburn

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1895-09-21
Place of birth: St. Catharines ON Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Jane Fiarburn 11 Maple Street St. Catherines, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Machinist
Occupation (normalized): Metalworking Machine Setter-Operator, General
Religion: Wesleyan
Date of death: 1918-03-02
Cause of death: Executed
Buried: Villers Station Cemetery, XI. B. 23.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 227098
Highest Rank: Private (18th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army).
  2. Private (Army).
  3. Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: “Shot by order of Field General Court Martial”

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 59622
LAC ID: 383109
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B2978-S002
Uploader's Notes:

When on active service, deserting his Majesty's service. Absented himself on 16 April 1917 - 28 January 1918, while acting as company runner. Tried 7 February 1918. Executed 2 March 1918.

"Those who go to war at the request of their nation do not know the fate that lies in store for them. This was a war of such overwhelming sound, fury and unrelenting horror that few combatants could remain unaffected," said Minister Duhamel. "While we cannot relive those awful years of a nation at peril in total war, and although the culture of that time is subsequently too distant for us to comprehend fully, we can give these 23 soldiers a dignity that is their due, and provide closure to their families." (The Honourable Ron J. Duhamel, Minister of Veterans Affairs 11 December 2001)

The Government of Canada has offered an apology and formally announced its regret for this situation. On December 11, 2001, Veteran Affairs Minister, Dr. Ron Duhamel rose in the House of Commons and with sincerity and passion, read the names of those 23 Canadians into the Parliamentary record and announced their names will be written into Parliament Hill's Book of Remembrance. He was whole-heartedly supported by all of Canada's opposition Parties.

Uploader's Research notes:

A. B. Godefroy For Freedom And Honour?

2409 - Welland Canal Force number - 7 months service 19th Lincoln Regiment

[Private Army Canadian Infantry Depot Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles Private Army Canadian Infantry Welland Canal Force 19th Lincoln Regiment Private Army Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2017-02-07