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George Norman Fry
George Norman Fry
47037
Private
64th Battalion; 25th Battalion
October 22, 1892
Reading, England
September 17, 1915
Sussex NB
22
Tusket, Yarmouth Co., NS
5 feet, 10 inches
Fair
Blue
Light Brown
Single
Labourer
Church of England
E. K. Harmon (Sisiter) Shiplake Dale, Peppard, Oxfordshire, England
November 30, 1917
March 12, 1969
Unknown
George Norman Fry was the son of Oliver Fray and Kathleen (Spryfield) Fry, England.
George Fry enlisted on September 17, 1915 with the 64th Battalion in Sussex, New Brunswick. Post-war
he was a resident of Tusket, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia.
He went overseas embarking for Great Britain on March 31, 1916 on the SS Adriatic arriving in England
on April 9, 1916. At Bramshott Camp, he was transferred to the 25th Battalion on June 29, 1916 and
joined the unit in France on July 28, 1916.
On Aug 24, 1916, he was seriously wounded at the Battle of St. Eloi. Struck by a shell fragment to the
skull and face he lost sight in his right eye. Hospitalized in France and England and no longer physically
fit for war service he was returned to Canada embarking Liverpool on August 14, 1917. He was
discharged on November 30, 1917.
George Fry died on March 12, 1969. His death certificate lists his date of birth as October 21, 1894; his
enlistment document gives his date of birth as October 22, 1892.
