Frederick Arthur Greentree

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

21603

Unit at enlistment:

11th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Prisoner of war:

Yes

Date of death:

July 31st, 1920

Cemetery:

Paris Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Paris, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Hampshire

Birth city:

Portsmouth

Address at enlistment:

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Next of kin address:

Paris, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Knitter

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Cause of Death: Meningitis. Death due to service
Location: Brant Hospital, Burlington, Ontario

BX August 3, 1920

War Veteran is Called by Death – Private Frederick Arthur Greentree of Paris Died at the Brant Sanatorium

PARIS, Aug. 3 – The death occurred at the Brant Sanatorium, Burlington, on Saturday afternoon of Private Frederick Arthur Greentree, in his 31st year. Deceased was born in England and came to Paris a number of years ago. When the war broke out, he was in the west, and enlisted in the 5th Battalion at Moosejaw, and went overseas in October 1914. The following April he was wounded, from which he never fully recovered. He was a prisoner in Germany for nearly four years, and during the early part suffered many privations, which undermined his constitution. He was the first prisoner of war from Paris, and the last one to be liberated, returning to Paris in spring of last year. He leaves two brothers and one sister to mourn his loss. – G.H. of Paris, and Charles of Black Falls, Alberta (both returned soldiers) and, Mrs. E.H. Thomas, Paris. The funeral took place this afternoon from the residence of his sister, Charlotte Street, to Paris cemetery, the remains being laid to rest with full military honors.

BX May 13, 1915

Reported Missing

Mrs. Harry Greentree, a resident of Paris, this morning received official word that her brother-in-law, Private Frederick Arthur Greentree was reported to be missing. He was known to many in Paris, having resided there a few years ago.

BX July 28, 1916

Paris Man, a Hun Prisoner Gets Parcel

PARIS, July 28 - From Germany comes word from Private Frederick Arthur Greentree, who has been a prisoner for some months that a parcel of comforts sent by the Paris Patriotic League had reached him safely. The letter received July 22 was dated June 2, and the name of the detention camp had been obliterated.