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Soldier Information Cards - World War One
Transcription
Keffer, Ernest Ralph.
Private.
Enlisted January 7, 1915 at Guelph with 34th Infantry Battalion. Transferred to the 9th Reserves in England, to 4th Battalion to 1st Battalion in France.
Methodist.
Born July 29, 1896 at Hespeler, educated at Hespeler Public School and Galt Collegiate Institute. He was killed September 19, 1916 at Courcelette in the Battle of the Somme after serving in the trenches from February to September.
Mr. Wellington Keffer, Hespeler, Ontario is his father.
Fred Keffer, Hespeler, Ontario.