Albert Eberly was born in Parkhill, Ontario, on January 24, 1895, the son of Minnie Eberly Cathers, of 175 South Christina Street, Sarnia. Albert was conscripted to service January 9, 1918 in London, Ontario. Prior to his conscription, he had spent two years with the 136th Regiment, Edmonton Militia. Single at the time of his conscription, he recorded his occupation as a traction engineer. He became a member of the Army, Canadian Infantry, Western Ontario Regiment, 47th Battalion, with the rank of Private. On September 3, 1918, Albert would lose his life, as a result of wounds received while fighting in France during Canada’s final Hundred Days Campaign. Approximately two months later, the Great War would come to an end.
In mid-September 1918, mother Minnie Eberly in Sarnia would receive a telegram informing her that her son, Pte. Albert Edward Eberly, infantry, has died of wounds, at 42nd Clearing Station, September 4th, with gunshot wound in back and left thigh. Albert Eberly would later be officially listed as, Died of wounds. During an advance on the Arras Front September 2nd, 1918, he was severely wounded in the back and left thigh by an enemy shell. He was attended to and evacuated to No. 42 Casualty Clearing Station where he died from the effect of his wounds the following day. In October 1918, she would receive another telegram, this one informing her that the date of her son Albert’s death, was September 3rd, 1918. Twenty-three year old Albert Eberly is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France, Grave IV.E.66.
SOURCES: A, B, C, D, F, L, N, 2C, 2D, 2G