Private George Thomas Seager

1. Private, 19th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
2. Private (Army).

Son of George Seager and Esther Seager of 3 Francis Street, Hamilton, Ontario

14.8.16 Embarked Halifax, NS

24.8.16 Disembarked Liverpool

29.1.17 Transferred to 134 Bn., Witley

23.5.17 Proceeded overseas for service with 19th Battalion

25.5.17 Arrived and taken on Strength

12.6.17 Joined 2 En. Bn.

10.8.17 Died of Wounds received in action

Back of memorial plaque reads:

"Died of Wounds Hill.70 Aug 10th 1917".

War diary entry:

"Sheet 36B/H11 Central/9am

Strength Decrease ...Wounded 8 ORs ... Died of Wounds. 757437 Pte. Seager G. T. 19th-Bn"

Casualty Form - Active Service:

"Joined 2nd En. (Entrenching) Bn. 12th June, 1917

Died of wounds. Field. Cas. Report 39 file K.1.16-17561

Died of wounds received in action. 2 C.F.A. 10.8.17 D.C.S 307."

Circumstances of Death Register:

"Died of Wounds.

He had not joined the 19th Battalion, but was one of a working paarty sent from the 2nd Entrenching Bn. to Maroc, where he was wounded in the chest and abdomen by shrapnel. He was taken to No.2 Canadian Field Ambulance, where he succumbed to his wounds later in the day."

Buried in the Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery, near Bethune, grave reference II.H.20.