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Military service
Service number:
25580
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Death:
May 21, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Albert Cleveland Elderkin and Lucy Copeland Elderkin, of Parrsboro', Nova Scotia.
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CWGC Grave Registration for Vernon C. Elderkin
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McGill University Year book
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Attestation Papers (Front)
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Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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Honour Roll
McGill University -
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Vernon Elderkin was the only son of Albert Cleveland Elderkin and Lucy Copeland Elderkin of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. He had four sisters: Kathleen, Muriel, Evelyn and Irene. Vernon was born in West Amherst, Nova Scotia on December 17, 1887 and received a Bachelor of Science (Engineering) from McGill University in Montreal. He enlisted in the 14th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) in 1914, served in France, and was killed in action at the age of 27 on May 21, 1915. Private Vernon C. Elderkin is remembered with honour on the Vimy Memorial in France. -
Vimy Memorial
Remembered with honour VIMY MEMORIAL Private VERNON C. ELDERKIN (1887-1915) -
Ottawa National Vigil
Ottawa National Vigil National War Memorial November 2008 -
Vimy Memorial
Vimy Memorial (from a distance) -
Vimy Memorial
Vimy Memorial (France)
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Private Vernon Elderkin
Digital gallery of
Private Vernon Elderkin
Digital gallery of
Private Vernon Elderkin
Digital gallery of
Private Vernon Elderkin
Digital gallery of
Private Vernon Elderkin
Digital gallery of
Private Vernon Elderkin
Digital gallery of
Private Vernon Elderkin
Digital gallery of
Private Vernon Elderkin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 13 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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