Private Archie Ernest St. Onge
Died of Illness in WW1
Date of Death:
Service Biography
Private Archie Ernest St. Onge was the son of Pierre St. Onge of Huntingdon. Private St. Onge was conscripted into the Canadian Tank Battalion, at the end of April, 1918. He was in training in England, when he became ill and died of bronchitis-pneumonia in a military hospital at Woolwich, England, on November 21, in his 20th year.
General Information
Conflict:
WW1
Regimental No.:
2765343
Cause of Death (in war):
Died of Illness
Branch:
Army
Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Battalion:
1st Canadian Tank Battalion
Company:
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Huntingdon, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
19 years 7 months
Date of Discharge:
Age at Discharge:
20 years 2 months
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
20 years 2 months
Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Farmer
Next of Kin:
Pierre St. Onge, Huntingdon, Quebec
Address at Enlistment:
Huntingdon, Quebec
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Place of Enlistment:
Montreal, Quebec
Was a Prisoner of War:
Height:
5 ft 7.0 in / 170 cm
Weight:
Chest:
37.0 in / 94 cm
Expansion:
3.0 in / 8 cm
Marital Status:
Single
Prior Military Experience:
No
Saw Service in:
Great Britain
Place of Discharge:
Discharge Type:
Died in Service
Discharge Notes:
Battle Died/Wounded:
Length of Service:
205 days in service
Buried at:
Plot:
In 1st row from E boundary
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Date From |
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Private |
Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
Army |
1st Canadian Tank Battalion |
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Notes
Son of Pierre St. Onge of Huntindon, Private St. Onge was conscripted
into the Army at the end of April, 1918. He was in training in England, when he became ill and died.
From the Huntington Gleaner, December 12, 1918
Archie Ernest St. Onge, son of Pierre St. Onge, Connaugt Settlement,
enlisted April 22 in the Canadian Tank Battalion, and left with other
recruits last summer for England, where they were undergoing training,
but peace stopped and their going to France. Young St. Onge took ill of
bronchitis-pneumonia and died in a military hospital at Woolwich,
November 22, in his 22nd year. Requiem Mass was celebrated
for him at St. Joseph Church yesterday morning and was
attended by a large concourse of neighbors and friends.
From the Huntington Gleaner, December 19, 1918
Aboard S. S. Araguaya, December 1, 1918
Dear Mr. St. Onge:
You have heard long before this reaches you, of the
death of your son, Private A. E. St. Onge, of pneumonia, at Woolwich military
hospital, November 21st. I called, as chaplain of the first Canadian Tank
Battalion, on your boy frequently before he got very bad, and grew to like him
very much. Several of his comrades told me how fine he was, and I found that
all they said was true. He won the affection of the nurses by his patience and
gentleness, and they and the doctors did all the was humanly possible to save
him. When he took the turn for the worse, I sent for the Catholic priest, who
called on him several times, I believe, before he died. I saw him just a
quarter of an hour before he passed away. He was unconscious and was in no
pain. He was buried by the priest at East Lulworth
on November 23rd. I had to leave to catch the boat before that date and was not
able to attend the funeral. There was to be a firing party of mourners from the
Battalion. It would be with full military honors. The priest will, no doubt,
write you fuller particulars of the burial.
It must be a great sorrow to you to lose such dear
boy. I pray that the Heavenly Father may give you the blessed Vision of Faith
to see beyond the darkness of the grave to the glad reunion in God's Better Land.
Yours in deepest sympathy,
George C. F. Pringle, Presbyterian Chaplain to the
Canadian Tank Battalion
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