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David Upper

In memory of:

Private David Upper

December 29, 1915

Military Service

Service Number:

727223

Age:

44

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

110th Bn.

Additional Information

Husband of Annie Upper, of Listowel, Ont. I. (Wallace).

Commemorated on Page 40 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LISTOWEL (FAIRVIEW) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

N/A

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Source: The Globe, Toronto Thursday December 30, 1915

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    Newspaper Clipping – Source: The Globe, Toronto Thursday December 30, 1915
  • Grave marker– Marker at the grave of Private David Upper, 110th (Perth) Battalion, in the Fairview Cemetery, Davidson Avenue North, Listowel, Ontario. A personal message near the bottom of the marker reads: "FAREWELL MY WIFE AND CHILDREN ALL / FROM YOU A FATHER CHRIST DOTH CALL". Pte Upper enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Listowel on 18 December 1915; he was admitted to the Stratford General Hospital in Stratford, Ontario, on 26 December 1915; and he died there of illness, diagnosed as septicaemia (or, in the vernacular, blood poisoning), on 29 December 1915. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2018.)

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Marker at the grave of Private David Upper, 110th (Perth) Battalion, in the Fairview Cemetery, Davidson Avenue North, Listowel, Ontario. A personal message near the bottom of the marker reads: "FAREWELL MY WIFE AND CHILDREN ALL / FROM YOU A FATHER CHRIST DOTH CALL". Pte Upper enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Listowel on 18 December 1915; he was admitted to the Stratford General Hospital in Stratford, Ontario, on 26 December 1915; and he died there of illness, diagnosed as septicaemia (or, in the vernacular, blood poisoning), on 29 December 1915. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2018.)

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