Name: Eric Judson Burrell Rank: Corporal Service Number: 85919 Service: 5th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, Canadian Expeditionary Forces Date of Birth: July 5, 1892 Place of Birth: Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: November 28, 1914 Place of Enlistment: Fredericton, New Brunswick Age at Enlistment: 22 Height: 5 feet, 11 inches Complexion: Light Eye Colour: Blue Hair Colour: Brown Occupation: Land Surveyor Marital Status: Single (at enlistment) Religion: Wesleyan Next of Kin: Mrs. Bertha Burrell (Mother), Yarmouth North, NS Date of Discharge: June 12, 1918 Age: 25 Date of Death: July 19, 1932 Age: 40 Cemetery: Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Eric Judson Burrell was the son of Burrell George Judson Burrell (1858-1927) and Mrs. Bertha Gordon (Prout) Burrell (1866-1939), and the brother of Neil A. Burrell (1888-1933). Eric married Isobel Mildred Crosby (1895-1941) on April 12, 1923, in Dartmouth, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia. Isobel was the daughter of John Franklin Crosby and Mary Ellen Durkee. In 1910, Eric was a Cadet Captain with A Company of Cadet Corps No. 110 at the Yarmouth County Academy. The Cadet Corps was first organised July 2, 1904 . His two Cadet Lieutenants were H. B. Vickery and Robert Nehemiah Clements (1894-1983). Robert, also born in Yarmouth, would also serve in WWI (Service No. 67156). Eric had served as a Recruit with the 29th Field Artillery Battery, CFA in Yarmouth prior to enlistment in November 1914. Following his enlistment in Canada, he went oversea to England. Eric was employed at the Detention Barracks at Shorncliffe between September 9, 1915, and January 11, 1916. He was then transferred to the 5th Brigade, CFA, for service in France on January 15, 1916. On September 19, 1916, he was first admitted to hospital suffering from bronchitis. He briefly returned to the field on October 8, 1916; however, was re-admitted to hospital on October 23. He was discharged to duty between October 24, 1916, and November 19, 1916, but was hospitalized in December suffering again from bronchitis, chronic irritative cough, and a suspicion of tuberculosis. He was returned to England for treatment where pulmonary tuberculosis was eventually determined in 1917. He was then discharged to Canada on February 4, 1918. In Canada, his treatment continued. He was discharged from service having been found to be medically unfit for further service in June 1918 at Halifax, NS. In December 1918 he was admitted to Ste Anne de Bellevue hospital in Montreal suffering from pneumonia and was discharged on March 31, 1919. Eric died of pneumonia and heart failure on July 19, 1932, his death attributed to his WWI military service. He was buried in Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

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