Elind Joseph Schrag

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

719061

Unit at enlistment:

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

April 19th, 1917

Cemetery:

Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Manitoba

Next of kin address:

Manitoba

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Congregational

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. He was killed during the attack and capture of Vimy Ridge. His body was found lying in a shell hole but there were no wounds to be seen on the body and apparently his death was the result of concussion from an exploding shell.

BX May 10, 1917

Word was received here today that Private Elind Joseph Schrag, of a Manitoba battalion machine gun section, had been killed in action at Vimy Ridge. He was born in Brantford and resided here many years, but recently had been residing in Manitoba, where his wife and daughter reside. They will shortly come to Brantford to take up residence. Mrs. B. English, 142 Alfred Street, is a sister-in-law of the deceased hero.