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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Thayne Morrison Ewan
Force:
Army
Unit:
Canadian Engineers
Service Number:
503889
Rank:
Sergeant
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Date of Birth
February 6, 1890
Date of Enlistment:
March 4, 1916
Place of Enlistment
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Age at Enlistment:
26
Height:
5 Feet; 9 1/2 Inches
Trade:
Railway Engineer
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Marital Status:
Single
Thayne Ewan was the son of George M. and Emma R. Ewan, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. In February, 1916, he resigned his position with the Halifax and
South-Western Railway at Bridgewater to join the divisional Engineers at Ottawa for Overseas Service. Suffering from typhoid fever, he had been a patient
in the Military Hospital in St. John’s, Quebec. He was released and then re-entered hospital where he gradually grew worse and died on April 4, 1917.
He had spent most of his enlistment in Ottawa and was transferred to the War Offices in St. Johns, Quebec where he became ill.
Date of Death:
April 4, 1917 (St. John’s Hospital, Quebec)
Age:
27
Cemetery:
Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery; Nova Scotia, Canada (Family Plot Y.18.)
Commemorated on Page 235 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Sergeant Thayne Morrison Ewan
Attestation Paper (click to enlarge)
Photo: Wartime heritage 2014