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Military service
Service number:
454513
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
June 10, 1898
Enlistment:
July 3, 1915
Ottawa
Death:
July 29, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. H. 18.
Additional information
Son of David and Ann Drummond of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
Brother of Gunner James Drummond, who died after service with the Canadian Field Artillery and David who also served and survived the war.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Addison Drummond
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 1023 of 1076. -
Attestation paper
Robert Addison Drummond lied about his age to enlist. He arrived in Canada in April 1912 with a group of Quarrier Homes children at age 12. Included in the group were his two brothers, James and David. -
Group Photo
Left: Robert, sister Frances, James, and sister Christina. -
Photo of Robert A. Drummond
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Attestation paper
Pg 2 of attestation paper giving description of Robert. -
Robert's Will
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Photo of James Drummond
Photograph of Robert's brother, James, who was injured and taken POW 2 June 1916. He was repatriated to England on 9 December 1918. (See his page on CVWM) -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Addison Drummond
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Addison Drummond
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Addison Drummond
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Addison Drummond
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Addison Drummond
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Addison Drummond
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Addison Drummond
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Addison Drummond
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 231 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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