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ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Everett Joseph King
Regimental Number:
734560
Rank:
Private
Battalion:
112th Battalion
Date of Birth:
December 26, 1893
Place of Birth:
Tusket, Yarmouth Co., NS
Date of Enlistment:
May 1, 1916
Place of Enlistment:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Age at Enlistment:
22
Prior Military Experience:
29th Battery, CFA, Yarmouth, N.S.
Height:
5 Feet 5 Inches
Marital Status:
Married
Trade:
Farmer
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Next of Kin:
Fannie King (Wife) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Date of Death:
December 23, 1916
Age at Death:
22
Cemetery:
Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference:
AF. 2035
Commemorated on Page 311 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 17
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 112th Battalion.
Listed on the Tusket Memorial
Commemorated on the Yarmouth Monument; (Listed as “King, Joseph E.”)
Everett Joseph King enlisted with 112th Battalion. He died at Branshott, England of cerebro spinal
fever before he could be transferred to a Battalion in France.
Sources:
Library and Archives Canada
Commonwealth War Grave Commissi
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Everett Joseph King