Everett Ashbury Truax Image

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

Visit the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre's Online Collections, through the link below, for more information related to this soldier.


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/E




Sources & 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 Herald and Times
Walkerton Telescope, March 29, 1917
Walkerton Telescope, March 29, 1917