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Military service
Service number:
503867
Age:
31
Rank:
Second Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
11th Field Coy.
Birth:
February 20, 1886
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 17, 1916
West Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
March 1, 1917
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Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Surphlis, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Ella M. Surphlis, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Second Corporal Charles Edward Surphlis
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Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of March 17, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y83uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of October 24, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y273uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
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)
Digital gallery of
Second Corporal Charles Edward Surphlis
Digital gallery of
Second Corporal Charles Edward Surphlis
Digital gallery of
Second Corporal Charles Edward Surphlis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 335 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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