Henry Augustus Ayerst (1893 - 1917)

Born 13 Jan 1893 in Innisfil, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Died 14 Apr 1917 at age 24 in Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, France

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Biography

Private Henry Ayerst served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I
Service started: 22 Jan 1916
Unit(s): 8th Battalion, 90th Winnipeg Rifles, CEF
Service ended: KIA 14 Apr 1917

Private Henry Ayerst was Killed in Action during World War I.

Death Notice

Henry Ayerst Reported Killed

"This morning official notice came from the Casualty Records Office at Ottawa, advising Mrs. Gertrude Ayerst of the death in action of Pte. Henry Ayerst, number 115929. Pte. Ayerst was killed in action on Saturday the 14th of this month. His mother resides at 1397 Third Avenue E. Prior to enlistment he was employed at Portage La Prairie and enlisted in the 10th C.M.R. at that place."

(The Owen Sound Sun Times circa. April 1917)

In Memoriam

Ayearst [sic] - In loving memory of Pte. H. A. (Harry) Ayearst, 115929, 8th Battalion, 90th Rifles, second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ayearst, 1397 3rd Ave. E. killed in action in the battle of Vimy Ridge, on April 14th, 1917, buried at Willerval.

We remember the day when the cable came

And we knew that his race was run

And that nothing was left but an honored name

And a grave for our brother and son.

- Family.

Sources

• "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMWC-XM9 : 8 August 2017), Henry Augustus Ayerst, 13 Jan 1893; citing Birth, Innisfil, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,228.

• Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1901; Census Place: Owen Sound (Town/Ville), Grey (north/nord), Ontario; Page: 3; Family No: 23

• Ancestry.com. Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006. Images are used with the permission of Library and Archives Canada. Regiment Number: 115929

• http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1564831?Henry%20Augustus%20Ayerst

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56674063&ref=acom