Name: Charles Douglas Kirk Rank: Lieutenant Service Number: 502920 (whilst a Corporal) Service: 4th Canadian Divisional Engineers and the 11th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Engineers Awards: Military Medal Date of Birth: February 5, 1878 Place of Birth: Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: January 28, 1916 Place of Enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba Address at Enlistment: 774 McMillan Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba Age at Enlistment: 37 Height: 5 feet, 10 ½ inches Complexion: Fair Eye Colour: Brown Hair Colour: Grey Occupation: Heating Engineer Marital Status: Married Religion: Presbyterian Next of Kin Mrs. Kirk (Wife) Date of Discharge: August 22, 1918 Age at Discharge: 40 Date of Death: November 24, 1935 Age: 57 Cemetery: Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Charles Douglas Kirk was the son of Thomas Murray Kirk (1831-1891) and Emeline Kinny (Gardner) Kirk (1842-1923), the husband of Gertrude Everett (MacDonald) Kirk (1882-1981), and father of Jean M Kirk (b. 1904), Mary Gertrude Kirk (1906-2003), Victoria Louise Kirk (b. 1909), and Charles D. Kirk Jr. His siblings were John Dawson Kirk (1866-1923), Catherine Murray Kirk (b. 1868), Samuel Gardner Kirk (b. 1869), Thomas Murray Kirk (b. 1870), James Mayes Kirk (b. 1872), Henry Ernest Kirk (1874-1955), William Gray Kirk (1874-1950), Sarah Gardner Kirk (b. 1876), Andrew Kirk (1879-1921), and George Nelson Kirk (1883-1952). In approximately 1905, Charles moved to Manitoba from Nova Scotia. After enlisting in January 1916 during the First World War, Charles served in Canada, England and France with the 4th Divisional Engineers and the 11th Reserve Battalion. The 4th Canadian Divisional Engineers were part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. They were organized at Shorncliffe, England, in May 1916, and served in France starting August 1916. The 11th Reserve Battalion was made up of Canadian Engineers. It was formed in 1918, after the Canadian Engineers Training Depot was reorganized as the Canadian Engineers Training Centre. On November 2, 1916, Charles was admitted to the No. 3 General Hospital at Boulogne, France with a shrapnel wound to his leg from October 23, 1916. He was awarded the Military Medal (MM) on January 22, 1917, for his actions in October 1916 at Courcelette at the Somme. Transferred to England, he was admitted to the No. 11 Canadian General Hospital at the Moore Barracks in Shorncliffe, Kent, England with chronic bronchitis from October 29 to December 13, 1917. Returned to Canada, he was hospitalised at the Camp Hill Military Hospital from February 1, 1918, to April 20, 1918, suffering from continued chronic bronchitis. After the war, Charles returned to Manitoba where he continued to work at his plumbing and heating business. He died age 57 of lymphatic leukemia at the Deer Lodge Military Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba on November 24, 1935, and was interred at the Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg on December 2, 1935. His Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948 record indicates his death was due to service. Obituary, The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Monday, Nov 25, 1935, Page 3 KIRK, WAR VETERAN, DIES, AGED 57 - Charles D. Kirk, 57, of 774 McMillan died in Deer Lodge Military hospital Sunday evening. He is survived by his widow, four daughters, Mrs. V. V. Murray, Mrs. J. G. D. Johnston, Mrs. J. P. Hague, and Miss Barbara Kirk, and one son, Charles D. Kirk, all of Winnipeg. He is also survived by four brothers, Harry, William, Andrew and George, and one sister, Mrs. J. R. Ferguson, all of Yarmouth, N.S. Mr. Kirk, who was born and educated in Yarmouth, came to Winnipeg 30 years ago and had been engaged in the plumbing and heating business during that time. He was a war veteran, having served overseas as a lieutenant with the Canadian Engineers, and was wounded in action. He was a member of the Nova Scotia A.F. and A.M. and of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. He was also a former member of the Winnipeg Kiwanis Club and the Carlton Club. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Thomson's mortuary, with burial made in the military plot at Brookside cemetery. ________________________________________

Sources: Library and Archives Canada findagrave