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Son of Maurice F. and Minnie Meredith, of Victoria, British Columbia. Born in Montreal, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith
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Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith
From the Daily Colonist of December 23, 1915. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y11uvic#mode/1up. Lieutenant Meredith had an unconventional service history, initially being discharged at Victoria on February 14, 1916 after being wounded at Festubert on May 21, 1915 while serving with the 16th Battalion C.E.F. He re-enlisted on March 16, 1916 and was subsequently seconded for duty with the R.F.C. on October 4, 1917.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith
Image of Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment in plane named 'Skookum'.
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Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
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From the Daily Colonist of December 23, 1915. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y11uvic#mode/1up. Lieutenant Meredith had an unconventional service history, initially being discharged at Victoria on February 14, 1916 after being wounded at Festubert on May 21, 1915 while serving with the 16th Battalion C.E.F. He re-enlisted on March 16, 1916 and was subsequently seconded for duty with the R.F.C. on October 4, 1917.
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Image of Lieutenant Robert Ellaby Meredith, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment in plane named 'Skookum'.
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Page 470 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY Aisne, France
Vailly-sur-Aisne is a village in the Deparment of the Aisne,17 kilometres east of Soissons which is approximately 100 kilometres north-east of Paris. VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY is on the west side of the village, on the north side of the road to Soissons.
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