Edward Wallace Pattison

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

712280

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Essex

Birth city:

Barking

Address at enlistment:

66 Cayuga Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

19 Kingston Road, Ilford, England

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX April 28, 1917

Private Edward Wallace Pattison, a young Englishman who left Brantford with the first Brant Battalion, was this morning reported to have reached an English hospital, he having a fractured arm apparently caused by a shell explosion.

BX January 15, 1918

Veterans Returning

A contingent of 152 returned men is expected to arrive at North Toronto Station tomorrow night and among the contingent are several Brantford men, including the following: Pte. A. Butler, 127 Chestnut Avenue; Pte. H.J. Hall, 275 Brant Avenue; Sapper H.E. Harris, 151 St. Paul Avenue; Pte. H. Jackson, 36 North Park Street, care Grandview; Pte. J.H. Liddell, 66 Cayuga Street; Pte. E.W. Pattison, 98 Oxford Street, Corp. A. Yeates

BX January 17, 1918

Three Veterans Came Home Last Evening

Three returned soldiers arrived home last night at 10.30 on the Brantford and Hamilton radial and were welcomed by Secretary MacDonald of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission and Secretary Cornelius of the G.W.V.A. A bigger deputation including the mayor and Mr. J.S. Dowling, awaited the 9.30 car, but it was an hour later before the soldiers got here. The three who arrived included H.E. Harris, 151 St. Paul’s Avenue; E. Pattison, 86 Oxford Street, who lost his right arm, and Lance-Corp. Isaac, 140 Alfred Street, who lost his right leg. Taxis were provided to take the soldiers home.

Others expected to arrive today are Pte. Butler, 137 Chestnut Avenue; H.J. Hall, 275 Brant Avenue, H. Jackson, 59 North Park Street; J.H. Liddell, 66 Cayuga Street and Corp. A. Yeates, corner Chatham and Murray Street.