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Military service
Service number:
13627
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Battalion
Birth:
August 3, 1890
Death:
March 21, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 44.
Additional information
Private Alexander Ralph Eby was the Grandson of Menno Eby and Elizabeth Sophia Becker of Waterloo County, Ontario. He was born in 1891. He moved to a homestead in Saskatchewan in 1909 and in August 1914 he enlisted at Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Third Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1915. http://www.archive.org/details/1913volume00wateuoft -
Photo of Alexander Ralph Eby
Alexander Ralph Eby, 1891-1915. Pte. First Can. Contingent B.E.F. No. 13627, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 4th Company, 5th Batt'n. Killed in action, in France, March 21st 1915. First native of Waterloo Tp. victim of war. The photographer, Levi R. Yost, operated a photography studio at 175 King Street West in Berlin, Ontario, from 1915 to 1920. His studio was located at 12 King Street West, Berlin in 1912. -
Photo of Alexander Ralph Eby
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. -
Newspaper clipping
from the Daily Colonist of March 30, 1915. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist57y94uvic#mode/1up -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press March 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALEXANDER RALPH EBY
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Berlin (Ontario) News Record newspaper 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Ralph Eby
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Ralph Eby
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Ralph Eby
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Ralph Eby
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Ralph Eby
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Ralph Eby
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Ralph Eby
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Ralph Eby
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Commemorated on:
Page 13 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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