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52nd (New Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
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Pte. James Gardiner 52nd (New Ontario) Btn. (d.7th Oct 1918) James Gardiner was 24 years old when he was called up for service. Born in Ontario, he had come to the prairies where he staked a claim on a quarter section of land seven years earlier. He had his medical exam in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan on 29th of November 1917. The Medical Form states that he was five foot six inches with a fair complexion, grey eyes and brown hair. He was able to stay in Canada until after Christmas.
He reported for duty on 10th of January 1918, joining the 52nd (New Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
James received a gunshot to his leg and thigh and died on Monday, 7th of October 1918, only 36 days before the end of the war.
He is buried in the Bucquoy Road Cemetery around 9 kilometers north of Arras in France.
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Cpl. William Russell MM. 52nd Battalion William Russell was captured near Amiens on the 13th of August 1918. He survived the war and lived until the 1970's.
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Sgt. William Bartley 52nd Btn. (d.16th October 1916) Sergeant Bartley is buried in the Protestant plot, near the main path of the Tralee New Cemetery, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
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Pte. Robert Crowe 8th Btn. Bob Crowe enlisted on the 28th of March 1915 in Fort William in the 52nd Battalion CEF Sailed for England on RMS Scandinavian, on the 17th of June attached to 52 Bn. he proceeded to France.
He was transferred to 8th Bn and received a shrapnel wound to right hand at Ypres.
He was sent to Boulogne then to Southern General Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham.
After recovering he was taken on strength of the 8th Bn on the 21st of Nov 1916
Bob was awarded 1 good conduct stripe in the field on the 25th of June 17
and on the 12th of September 1917 he was attached to Can. Corps H.Q`for duty in the field, returning to his own battalion on the
25th of February 1918. On the 15th of November 1918 he was given 14 days leave. Bob was taken sick in February 1919 while on active service in Lesweffles, Belguim and was sick in lines for 3 days, his field medical card shows he was admitted to 50 CCS on 15th of March 19 where it was noted he had had trench fever in 1916 and is now dangerously ill. He was removed from dangerously ill list on the 19th of March and transferred to 32nd Can. General Hosp. in Kent, England on the 26th with a diagnosis chronic bronchitis an Bronchiectosis
He was discharged from hospital on the 6th of June 19 and on the 17th was
taken on strength at Withey from MRD. On the 16th of August he was taken on strength at the dispersal station and was discharged at No 10 sub depot Port Arthur Ontario on the 26th of August 1919.
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Pte. Dimitro Sinizki 52nd Btn. (d.9th Oct 1917) Pte. Dimitro Sinizki was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1895, and emigrated to Canada.He served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force(#830020) . He was executed for cowardice on 9th October1917 aged 22 and is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St.-Eloi, France.
He enlisted in Winnipeg's 144th Canadian Infantry during December 1915, and after shipping out to England, was one of a handful of troops used to reinforce the Ontarian 52nd Battalion after its losses at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
In August 1917, Pte. Sinizki was part of a trench-raiding team when he refused to participate in a raid. The following night he was forcibly brought along on the raid, but he simply sat down and refused to help the others. He was arrested, court-martialled and charged with cowardice. Sentenced to death by firing squad, Sinizki was was blindfolded and shot at 06:11 on 9th October.
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