Lieutenant Ervin Simeon Conrad

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Conrad, Ervin Simeon

Date of birth: 1886-01-23

Place of birth: Grand Desert Nova Scotia Canada

Next of kin: Simeon Conrad, Father, Grand Desert, NS., Canada.

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Engineer/Traveller

Occupation (normalized): Other Engineers, Commercial Traveller

Religion: Church of England

Date of death: 1916-09-15

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 79567

Highest Rank: Lieutenant (31st Battalion)

Rank detail

Lieutenant, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Corporal, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army). ? to 1916-07-19

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Battle wounded/killed: Killed in the Somme near to Courcelette by sniper’s bullet.

Commemoration location: Stettler, Alberta Cenotaph

Images

Lieutenant Ervin S. Conrad, Believed to be taken between July 28 to Aug 6, 1916 in England after promotion to Lieutenant

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.

CWGC ID: 1566557

Uploader's Notes:

Son of Simeon and Sarah Conrad, of Grand Desert, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia.

This man was promoted from Corporal to temporary Lieutenant in the 31st on 19th July 1916.

The war diary states that this officer became the Battalion Scout Officer on 14th August 1916.

This officer along with one OR attended a Snipers course at Mont Des Chats on 18th August 1916.

KIA September 15th, 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. Moved up from Canadian front line to the area of a German communication trench along the Mouquet Road (Sunken Road) just outside of Courcelette and was struck in the breast by a sniper's bullet.

Uploader's Research notes:

Info from the attestation papers and war diary. This man is on the CWGC site.

Info updated from letters Ervin wrote home during the war and his service records.

[Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2014-07-20