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Frederick Kelly McCormick
Frederick Kelly McCormick (McCormic)
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Sergeant
Canadian Garrison Regiment (6th Battalion)
November 29, 1863
Yarmouth, NS
May 1, 1918
54
McNabs Island, Halifax Co., NS
Pictou, NS
47
5 feet, 7½ inches
Fair
Blue
Grey
63rd Regiment, “Halifax Rifles”
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Mariner
Baptist
Catherine McCormick (Wife) Pictou, NS
January 9, 1919 (Halifax)
Unknown
Frederick Kelly McCormick was the son of Israel McCormick and Margaret (Wyman) McCormick (1817-
1899). Frederick’s parents were married December 28, 1848. His father, born in Hebron, Yarmouth Co.,
NS was a brick maker. Sergeant McCormick was the brother of Israel Austin, Maria J., and Susan. The
1871 census, lists the family living in Salmon River, NS.
Frederick married Catherine Jane MacLeod (1869-1952) who was from the Wentworth Valley, Nova Scotia.
A son, Frederick Kelly McCormick, was born July 11, 1914 and died on April 6, 1963.
Prior to enlistment in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force, Frederick had been serving in the
military since December 16, 1915. At his enlistment on May 1, 1918 he was taken on strength initially with
the 6th Battalion of the Canadian Garrison Regiment. He was transferred to the No. 6 Canadian Army
Service Corps, Service Company on October 1, 1918.
Sergeant Frederick Kelly McCormick was discharged at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on January 9, 1919
on compassionate grounds.
Records of his son, Frederick Kelly junior, indicate his father was born in Beaver River, on the Digby and
Yarmouth County line.
