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Military service
Service number:
3292
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Service Corps
Division:
3rd Div. Supply Col.
Birth:
February 10, 1895
Enlistment:
Sewell, Manitoba
Death:
June 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. B. 1.
Additional information
Son of Wm. J. and Helen F. Abell, of Kirkfield Park, Manitoba. Native of Winnipeg.
Digital gallery of Private Edward Ford Abell
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Newspaper Clipping
Northern Advance newspaper article from Sept. 7, 1916 references the death of (mis-spelled) Abbel as the ambulance that he and Pte. Ernest Hanmer of Barrie, Ontario were driving on June 3, 1916 at the Battle of Mount Sorrel. This article has a picture of Pte. Ernest Hanmer who was later killed on Oct. 28, 1918. This article should appear under both Pte. Abell's and Pte. Hanmer's Virtual Memorials
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Private Edward Ford Abell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 45 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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