Name
Everett Ashbury Truax
Born
1891-09-27
Birth Place
Occupation
Factory Hand
Religion
Methodist
Died
1917-03-11
Death
Killed in Action
Awards
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Monument
Cemetery
Service Record 1
Regimental Number
126393
Highest Rank
Private
Conflict
Battalion
Enlisted
Enlistment /Transfer Date
1915-09-06
Artefacts, Photographs & Resources
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Online Collections Link
Notes
Highest rank was Acting Corporal. Also served in the 10th Brigade French Mortar Battery and 47th Battalion. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Truax. Husband of Laura Kerney, married July 29, 1915. Location at Walkerton Cemetery: Plot # 1317 Row 18 Section N/ESources & Links
- (a) McLeod, Norman. “The History of the County of Bruce 1907-1968”, vol 2, Bruce County Historical Society, 1969. Print. ; (b) Royal Canadian Legion Branch 102, Veteran’s Commemoration Album (AX2015.013.003)- (c) “Walkerton Public Cemetery (257) Branch Veteran’s Photo Gallery & Veterans of WWI & WWII that moved into the Community” BCM&CC, A2022.003.001
- (d) Also see an Obituary in The Walkerton Telescope, March 29, 1917 ; Also see Articles in the Walkerton Telescope, April 12, 1917, pages 1, 4 and 5.
- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
- Find a Grave
News Clippings
Walkerton Herald and Times
Walkerton Telescope, March 29, 1917