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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Edward William Comeau
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Edward William Comeau
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Corporal
165th Battalion
October 13, 1897
Yarmouth, NS
June 2, 1916
Moncton NB
Yarmouth NS
19
5 feet, 7 inches
fair
light brown
greyish brown
Single
Roman Catholic
Plumber
John J. Comeau (Father) Yarmouth NS
Having enlisted with the 165th Battalion Edward embarked Canada on the SS Metagama at Halifax
on March 25, 1917 and disembarked in England at Liverpool on April 4, 1917. At Sunningdale, England he
transferred to 40 Company Canadian Forestry Corps and landed in La Havre, France on May 25, 1917.
He was appointed Corporal on September 1, 1917. He returned to Sunningdale, Base Depot of the
CFC on December 22, 1918. Corporal Comeau was appointed Sergeant March 1, 1919. Returning to Canada he
was discharged at St John, NB on demobilization on May 30, 1919.
