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Military service
Service number:
624946
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Bn.
Birth:
December 8, 1881
Elgin, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 25, 1916
Wainwright, Alberta
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Charles and Cephronia (nee Ripley) Smith, of Elgin, Ontario; husband of Mary Smith and father of Edna, Laura and Mercy of Bradwell, Saskatchewan. Brother of Mercy, Mayme, Matild, Charles Franklin and John Sinclair.
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Family photo
Pte Robert Jay Smith with is wife Mary and his 3 daughters, Edna,Laura and Mercy. Their fourth child,Robert Jay Smith JR born May 11, 1917 while Pte Robert was at war. He never met his father. This picture was taken outside their home in Bradwell Saskachewan. In this photo Mary is pregnant. -
Group photo
Photo Taken in France, date unknown. Pte Robert Jay Smith is seated, 2 soldiers are unknown.
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Private Robert Jay Smith
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Jay Smith
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Jay Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 329 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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