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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th BN
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 23, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Family. L 8. Range 24.
Additional information
Son of Percy A. and Alice R. Bath, of Oakville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Captain Edward Osler Bath
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Letter from Edward Bath
Letter from Captain Edward Osler Bath to his mother, sent home when he was a prisoner of war. The letter is dated September 12 (postmarked 1918) and describes a few of his escape attempts over the previous year. Other escapees mentioned are Medlicott, Poole, Oliphant, Voelker, Hilpern & Pramberger. -
Photo of Edward Osler Bath
From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial plaque
Edward Osler Bath is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1st, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Photo of Edward Osler (Tod) Bath
Captain Edward Osler (Tod) Bath attended St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario, form 1905-1907. This photo is from the 1919 Memorial Issue of the St. Andrew's College Review. -
Group Photo
Officers of the 48th Highlanders from "The Red Watch - With the First Canadian Division in Flanders" written by Colonel J.A. Currie, M.P. Published in Toronto in 1916 and dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell in Flanders. In this group portrait he is in the second standing row from the top - fifth man across from the left. -
The Red Watch
Captain Edward Osler Bath's heroism during the 2nd battle of Ypres in April 1915 is described by Col. J. A. Currie in his 1916 account of the 48th Highlanders in Belgium (15th Battalion CEF). "The Red Watch - With the First Canadian Division in Flanders" was published in Toronto and dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell in Flanders. Currie describes the experiences of the 48th from training in Canada to further training at Salisbury Plain in England and their participation in the 2nd battle of Ypres in mid 1915. -
Gravemarker
Edward Osler Bath's grave stone. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star for 1 May 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star for 1 May 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Oakville Remembers
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Oakville Remembers Biography
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Oakville Remembers Biography (Page 2)
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Oakville Remembers Biography (Page 3)
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Photo of Edward Bath
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Aura Lee Club Toronto -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Osler Bath
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Osler Bath
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Osler Bath
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Osler Bath
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Osler Bath
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Osler Bath
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Osler Bath
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Osler Bath
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Osler Bath
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 365 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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OAKVILLE (ST. JUDE'S) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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