Son of Charles "Ed" Wheeler (#49609640) and
Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Ashmore)
Raised by Aunt Laura Wheeler in Hawarden, Iowa and Philip, SD.
He went to Kalpools, BC, Canada to work logging. He enlisted there..
Army Regiment: Canadian Infantry
47th Battalion Company:
Died in Belgium. Newspaper article said he was shot in the head by an enemy patrol and died. His remains were left on the battlefield due to the retreat of his Battalion. and not identified. He was listed as "missing" for nearly 9 months.
WWI Battle of Passchendaele, near Ypres Belgium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele
Date of Death: October 26, 1917 Age at Death: 21
Buried: Unknown. Memorial : Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
https://centennial.legion.org/south-dakota/post173/gallery/edward-wheeler
Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Ashmore)
Raised by Aunt Laura Wheeler in Hawarden, Iowa and Philip, SD.
He went to Kalpools, BC, Canada to work logging. He enlisted there..
Army Regiment: Canadian Infantry
47th Battalion Company:
Died in Belgium. Newspaper article said he was shot in the head by an enemy patrol and died. His remains were left on the battlefield due to the retreat of his Battalion. and not identified. He was listed as "missing" for nearly 9 months.
WWI Battle of Passchendaele, near Ypres Belgium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele
Date of Death: October 26, 1917 Age at Death: 21
Buried: Unknown. Memorial : Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
https://centennial.legion.org/south-dakota/post173/gallery/edward-wheeler
Son of Charles "Ed" Wheeler (#49609640) and
Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Ashmore)
Raised by Aunt Laura Wheeler in Hawarden, Iowa and Philip, SD.
He went to Kalpools, BC, Canada to work logging. He enlisted there..
Army Regiment: Canadian Infantry
47th Battalion Company:
Died in Belgium. Newspaper article said he was shot in the head by an enemy patrol and died. His remains were left on the battlefield due to the retreat of his Battalion. and not identified. He was listed as "missing" for nearly 9 months.
WWI Battle of Passchendaele, near Ypres Belgium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele
Date of Death: October 26, 1917 Age at Death: 21
Buried: Unknown. Memorial : Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
https://centennial.legion.org/south-dakota/post173/gallery/edward-wheeler
Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Ashmore)
Raised by Aunt Laura Wheeler in Hawarden, Iowa and Philip, SD.
He went to Kalpools, BC, Canada to work logging. He enlisted there..
Army Regiment: Canadian Infantry
47th Battalion Company:
Died in Belgium. Newspaper article said he was shot in the head by an enemy patrol and died. His remains were left on the battlefield due to the retreat of his Battalion. and not identified. He was listed as "missing" for nearly 9 months.
WWI Battle of Passchendaele, near Ypres Belgium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele
Date of Death: October 26, 1917 Age at Death: 21
Buried: Unknown. Memorial : Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
https://centennial.legion.org/south-dakota/post173/gallery/edward-wheeler
Inscription
47 BN Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Gravesite Details
Note from GN: 2137312
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