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Private Joseph Lewis Fillmore

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Private Joseph Lewis Fillmore

Birth
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death
10 Mar 1915 (aged 34)
Pincher Creek, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
East Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada GPS-Latitude: 45.8454018, Longitude: -64.1235122
Memorial ID
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1901 Census of Canada: District-NS CUMBERLAND (#30); Subdistrict: Amherst (Township/Canton) (PD 7) E Page 2
Fillmore J. Asa M Head M Aug 11 1832 68
Fillmore Elizabeth P F Wife M Aug 5 1842 58
Fillmore J. Lewis M Son S Nov 28 1880 20
Fillmore Charles A M Son S Jan 3 1882 19

Private Fillmore's was the first death among the troops who were in training in Alberta; he became ill, subsequently dying of pneumonia.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Private
Service Number: 13118
Age: 34
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Mounted Rifles
Division: 13th Battalion

A farmer and lumber worker by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 3 Feb 1915 in Pincher's Creek, Alberta, Canada. He attested that his next-of-kin was his brother, Edgar Douglas Fillmore of Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Son of the late Asa and Elizabeth Fillmore.

Private Joseph Lewis Fillmore is commemorated on Page 14 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
1901 Census of Canada: District-NS CUMBERLAND (#30); Subdistrict: Amherst (Township/Canton) (PD 7) E Page 2
Fillmore J. Asa M Head M Aug 11 1832 68
Fillmore Elizabeth P F Wife M Aug 5 1842 58
Fillmore J. Lewis M Son S Nov 28 1880 20
Fillmore Charles A M Son S Jan 3 1882 19

Private Fillmore's was the first death among the troops who were in training in Alberta; he became ill, subsequently dying of pneumonia.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Private
Service Number: 13118
Age: 34
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Mounted Rifles
Division: 13th Battalion

A farmer and lumber worker by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 3 Feb 1915 in Pincher's Creek, Alberta, Canada. He attested that his next-of-kin was his brother, Edgar Douglas Fillmore of Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Son of the late Asa and Elizabeth Fillmore.

Private Joseph Lewis Fillmore is commemorated on Page 14 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.


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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143563577/joseph_lewis-fillmore: accessed ), memorial page for Private Joseph Lewis Fillmore (28 Nov 1880–10 Mar 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143563577, citing Warren Cemetery East Amherst, East Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).