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Ernest Painter

In memory of:

Company Quarter Master Sergeant Ernest Painter

February 26, 1917
Amherst, Nova Scotia

Military Service


Service Number:

246010

Age:

43

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

207th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 24, 1873
London, England

Enlistment:

February 19, 1916
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Albert Painter of Boxmoor, Herts, England. Husband of Charlotte Louisa Painter, of Ottawa, Ontario. Father of Christina, Ernest, Phillip and Edward.

Commemorated on Page 304 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec. 19. Lot 136.

Location:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery. The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave marker– Ottawa (Beechwood) Cemetery
  • Grave marker– Ottawa (Beechwood) Cemetery
  • Grave marker– Ottawa (Beechwood) Cemetery

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