Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Wavell Boehm Berney
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 09.08.1918
- Place of enlistment: Sussex, New Brunswick.
- Service no: 4062295
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 1st Depot Battalion
- Place of Death: Canada
- Age at Death: 19
- Date of Death: 07.10.1918
- Burial Country: Canada
- Cemetery: Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg
- Grave/Mem Ref no: M.I.125
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 13.07.1899
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: Cossar Farm, Lower Gagetown, New Brunswick
- Occupation: Fireman
- Mother:
Rosalind Annie McLean Berney
- Father:
Edmund Berney, Clydeview, Cardross, Scotland
- Siblings:
Kenneth and another brother and sister (names unknown)
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Wavell Boehm Berney
Wavell died in Tuxedo Park Hospital, Winnipeg, of Spanish Flu. His Father was listed as residing at 31 South Bray Drive, Jordan Hill, Glasgow when he enlisted. His Service records indicate that 1 brother died in 1908 aged 7 of T.B. and his sister died in 1913 of Pneumonia.
For more information on Wavell visit, Wavell’s Memorial also Wavell’s Service Record
For reasons unknown Wavell Berney is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour
Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson
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