Name
Edward Warner Boyer
Service Record 1
Regimental Number
79040
Highest Rank
Private
Conflict
Battalion
Company
4th Canadian Infantry Bricade, 2nd Canadian Division
Enlisted
Calgary, ON
Enlistment /Transfer Date
1914-11-16
Discharge Date
1915-08-30
Discharge Cause
Medically Unfit
Service Record 2
Regimental Number
334196
Highest Rank
Sergeant
Conflict
Battalion
63rd Battery
Enlisted
Enlistment /Transfer Date
1917-05-03
Prev Exp
Wounded Date
1918-05
Wounds
Loss of movement in left hand due to blood poisoning.
Wounded Where
France
Discharge Date
1919-05-03
Discharge Cause
Medically Unfit
Notes
E.W. Boyer originally enlisted on November 16, 1914, in the 18th Battalion and had the regimental number 79040. He was appointed to a commission with the British military in 1915. He was discharged due to disability in 1915 but reenlisted in the 63rd Battery in 1917 with the regimental number 334196. (The personnel files with Library and Archives Canada, under the name Edward Boyer, may contain some discrepancies, and/or may contain records of a different soldier with the same name.) Boyer served in Canada, England and France with 18th Canadian Battalion, 4th Canadian Infantry Bricade, 2nd Canadian Division.News Clippings
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Kincardine Reporter, October 17, 1918
