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Military service
Service number:
43674
Age:
23
Rank:
Wheeler
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
49th Bty. 12th Bde.
Birth:
July 23, 1893
Elmira, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 25, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
October 28, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of David and Lavina Ziegler, of Elmira, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Wheeler Milton Frederick Ziegler
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Photo of Milton Frederick Ziegler
The photographer, Robert Willoughby, operated a studio in Elmira, Ontario, from 1906 to 1918. Inscriptions: Front, below image: Wheeler Milton F. Ziegler of Elmira, Ontario. Killed in action in Flanders October 28th, 1916. -
Photo of Milton Frederick Ziegler
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wheeler Milton Frederick Ziegler
Digital gallery of
Wheeler Milton Frederick Ziegler
Digital gallery of
Wheeler Milton Frederick Ziegler
Digital gallery of
Wheeler Milton Frederick Ziegler
Digital gallery of
Wheeler Milton Frederick Ziegler
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 186 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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