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Adelbert John Borden
Regimental Number:
117152
Regiment:
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Battalion:
12th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles
Rank:
Corporal
Date of Birth:
August 29, 1891
Place of Birth:
Montreal, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
January 12, 1915
Place of Enlistment:
Calgary, Alberta
Address at Enlistment:
unknown
Age at Enlistment:
23
Height: 5 Feet 8 Inches
Trade:
Clerk
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Elizabeth Bordon, Mother, 15 Church Street, Montreal, Quebec
Adelbert John Borden was the son of the late Henry Edgar and Elizabeth Borden. He was born in Montreal. He enlisted in Calgary and proceeded
overseas. In England he became ill and when there was no improvement in his condition he was returned to Canada. For a year he was a patient in the
Ogden Convalescent Home in Alberta. Two months before his death he came to Yarmouth to visit his sister. His health continued to fail and he died in
Yarmouth on October 23, 1971. His funeral was held at St. Ambrose Church attended by some twenty returning soldiers and the 110 Cadet Corps of the
Yarmouth Academy, There is no marker on his grave in Our Lady of Calvary Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Date of Death:
October 23, 1917
Age at Death:
26
Buried at:
Yarmouth - Our Lady of Calvary Cemetery
Nova Scotia, Canada (Plot: Lot 142)
Listed on the Yarmouth Monument
Listed on the St Ambrose Church WWI Tablet
Commemorated on Page 204 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on May 9
Corporal Adelbert John Borden
Attestation Paper (click to enlarge)