Name: Rank: Service No. Service: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Address at Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Height: Complexion: Eye Colour: Hair Colour: Occupation: Marital Status: Religion: Next of Kin: Date of Discharge: Date of Death: Cemetery:

Robert Murray Pendrigh Private 3084598 1st Depot Battalion. 1st Quebec Regiment Canadian Naval Service August 5, 1897 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia May 15, 1918 Montreal, Quebec Montreal, Quebec 20 5 feet, 6½ inches Fair Brown Brown 3rd Year Medical Student, McGill University Single Presbyterian Maggie Pendrigh (Mother) St, John, New Brunswick May 27, 1918 (For the purpose of re-enlisting in the Canadian Naval Service) January 18, 1978 Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Robert Murray Pendrigh was the son of Robert H. Pendrigh (1866-1905) and Margaret "Maggie" M. (Byers) (1872-1962). He was the brother of Margaret Blanche Pendrigh (1895-1930). After a brief period with the 1st Quebec Regiment, Robert Murray Pendrigh, re-enlisted with the Canadian Naval Service during WWI. He attended the Yarmouth Academy and Mount Allison University before beginning his medical studies at McGill University in Quebec. He enlisted on May 15, 1918, with the 1st Quebec Regiment, and shortly after was discharged to re-enlist with the Canadian Naval Service during WWI. Post WWI, he continued his medical studies and graduated in 1921 and was practising medicine in Saint John as early as 1925. He enlisted as Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant with the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. During the 1930’s he enlisted with the local militia and served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps. qualifying as a Captain with the Active Militia of Canada on November 18, 1931. During WWII, in 1940, Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Pendrigh, was made the Commanding Officer for the 14 Field Ambulance, the local militia unit in St. John NB. He later became the District Medical Officer for Military District # 7. Dr. Pendrigh served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1960 to 1963 from the Constituency of Saint John Centre. The Dr. R.M. Pendrigh Scholarship was established for medical students from the West Saint John, New Brunswick, area, with excellent grades and attending Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Robert Pendrigh died in St. John, New Brunswick, on January 18, 1978. He was buried in Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

Sources: Library and Archives Canada McGill University Year Book (1921) findagrave

Family Monument (Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery)