Chris Boonzaier Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 A set to a soldier who was wounded at Lens, but died decades later of the wounds recieved.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Nice lot Chris. Was it damage caused by poison gas that killed him? Do you have his BWM and VM? Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Ooooooh! DOW... I thought you meant a DOW... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Nice lot Chris. Was it damage caused by poison gas that killed him? Do you have his BWM and VM? Tony Hi, thats the total sum of his goodies... :-) Possibly gas Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Ooooooh! DOW... I thought you meant a DOW... dow_bottle.jpg Same - same.... just takes a bit longer ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 The 219th Highland Battalion (Nova Scotia), which I,m assuming was his regiment, was recruited in 1916, went to England in October that year and were eventually transferred to the 17th Reserve Battalion or the 85th battalion. Can't find any casualties to the 85th on the CWG site - it isn't recognizing the unit name for some reason, but they suffered heavily at Vimy and may have been gassed at some later date. Or there may have been a lingering wound or infection - not all the year's after deaths were gas, though it was a common cause. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2874&sqn=878&tt=1243&PHPSESSID=l30qgh1bufn83cp319oho3vd56 p.878. Acute Myocardial Failure, death due to service (so Cross authorized). Died January 1, 1958, Lower Yarmouth, N.S. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) I wonder whether he suffered a chest wound, or gas attack, which was determined to have weakened his heart so that the death so much later was 'service related'. An application for his medical file - which does cost a few dollars - would probably answer the question. Interesting! Edited December 28, 2013 by peter monahan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 Hi, I have the research somewhere... I will try and find it tomorrow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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