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Military service
Service number:
101615
Age:
17
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
49th Bn.
Birth:
June 6, 1899
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Samuel Wesley Calvert and Agnes Calvert, of Chipman, Alberta.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Earl Calvert
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Photo of Robert Earl Calvert
June 6, 1898 - September 16, 1916 Killed near Courcelette, France 'Battle Of the Somme' -
Group Photo
Robert Earl Calvert driving with his Uncle Joe Calvert and cousin Charlie McClennon in the back seat. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Cabana to Campling. Microform Sequence 17; Volume Number 31829_B016726. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 161. Page 307 of 1024. -
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) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Earl Calvert
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Earl Calvert
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Earl Calvert
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Earl Calvert
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Earl Calvert
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Earl Calvert
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Earl Calvert
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 63 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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