Private Earl Ethelbert Merrill
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Merrill,
Earl Ethelbert
Date of birth: 1888-11-13
Place of birth: Talbotville Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mary Lydia Merrill; mother; Elnora, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Grain buyer
Address:
Elnora, Alberta
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1918-10-07
Cause of death:
Died in war, unknown cause
Buried:
Halifax Memorial, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 3213886
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
- Private (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Canada
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Elnora, Alberta
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
191281
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B6131-S015
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Mrs. Mary Lydia Merrill, of Elnora, Alberta.
Died of pneumonia at sea aboard H.M.T. Huntsend.
Influenza outbreak - During the 1918 flu pandemic, the Huntsend departed Montreal on 26 September 1918 with 649 Canadian soldiers on board. Before the ship had left port, the ship's doctor had reported concerns about 15 of the passengers who were already sick with influenza and pneumonia.[8] Despite his reported concerns, the ship sailed, and five percent of the 649 Canadians died before the ship disembarked on 11 October 1918. Some, if not all, of these men were commemorated at Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial a memorial site in France. or the Halifax Memorial. Some of those infected died at a later date.
Uploader's Research notes: Private Merrill died enroute overseas. Believed buried at sea. Confirmed Page99, Elnora, Alberta history book, Buried Treasures.
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment Private Army Canadian Infantry 21st Reserve Battalion ]
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment Private Army Canadian Infantry 21st Reserve Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2020-12-18