Museum / Archive

Elgin County Archives

Part Of

Rodney Branch 525, Royal Canadian Legion fonds

Description Level

Item

Accession Number

2010-13

Storage Room

Archives Storage Rm. 105

Storage Location

C2 Sh5 B4 35

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[1917?]

Series

Rodney Branch 525, Royal Canadian Legion fonds - Photograph Series

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Gnr. Joseph Sylvester Kearns, 334145

Born Wardsville ON. 28/09/1897

Son of Phillip Kearns

Enlisted London, ON. January 31, 1917

Served with Canadian Overseas Expedition Force

Listed in Elgin County Book of Remembrance: The Great War 1914-1918: “Son of P. K. Kearns. Enlisted January 31, 1917. Served in Canada 63rd Battery; England 63rd Battery; France 19th Battery. Battles: Amiens, Arras, Mons. Discharged May 1919”.

See: Attestation Papers in Library and Archives Canada Collections - http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=484022

Name Access

Rodney (Ont.)

Aldborough (Ont. : Township)

Subject Access

First World War

Military

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