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Military service
Service number:
105561
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
July 4, 1896
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
December 9, 1915
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 15, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
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Son of James and Martha Smith, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Digital gallery of Private Edward James Smith
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Photo of Edward James Smith
In memory of Private Edward J. Smith, P.P.C.L.I. who gave his life in the War to End All Wars to ensure our freedom. -
Photo of Edward James Smith
Edward J. Smith, far left, pictured with his father, James Smith and cousin Joe, seated. Boyhood family photo, date unknown. -
Press clipping
Newspaper announcement Charlottetown -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Edward James Smith
Digital gallery of
Private Edward James Smith
Digital gallery of
Private Edward James Smith
Digital gallery of
Private Edward James Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 164 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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