Personal Details

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Nationality Canadian
Date of Birth 1894
Place of Birth Ontario, Canada
Veterinary College and Date of Graduation -

Military Service

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Last Rank Lieutenant
Regiment/Service Canadian Veterinary Corps
Secondary Regiment
Secondary Unit
First Theatre of War France 1918

Casualty Details

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Date of Death 25 February 1921
Age at Death 27
Place of Death Ontario, Canada
Cause of Death Tuberculosis

Cemetery

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Cemetery Harkaway United Church Cemetery
Location Ontario, Canada
Grave Reference III.B.47
Commonwealth War Grave Yes - SWGC Headstone
Emblem or Badge on Headstone Canadian Maple Leaf

Honours and Memorials

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Name on RCVS Honour Board No
Name In Officers who died in Great War No
Medals and Awards
  • British War Medal 1914-1918
  • Victory Medal

Biography

Lieutenant Samuel Frederick Taylor Halbert was born in Euphrasia Grey, Ontario, on 28 January 1894.

He enlisted in the Canadian Forces on April 19, 1918, and was sent to France in September 1918. While serving in France, he contacted Influenza and was invalided to England.

He was medically discharged on 29 March 1919.

He died on 25 February 1921 from Tuberculosis. He is buried in Harkaway United Church Cemetery Ontario.

Media and Documents

Record of Samuel Halbert’s Death
Record of Samuel Halbert's Death