Ellison Family Letters
Letters from Price F., Vernon, Herbert and Albert Ellison of Vernon, B.C., to their mother Mrs. Price Ellison, and their sisters Elizabeth and Ellen. Learn more.
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CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE War Service Badge Class A, No. 63284
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that No. 339704 (Rank) Dvr. Name (in full) Ellison Vernon Etherington enlisted in the 68th, Bty.C.F.A. CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE at Vancouver on the 5th. day of May 1917
HE served in 52nd. Bty. 13th. Bde. C.F.A. England & France and is now discharged from the service by reason of Demobilization.
THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS SOLDIER on the date below is as follows: AGE 20 yrs 1 mo Height 5 ft. 7¾ins. Complexion Fair Eyes Blue Hair Lt. Brown Marks or Scars Scar on forehead V.E. Ellison Signature of Soldier Date of discharge June 27th 1919 Issuing Officer D M Grant Rank Capt. Date June 27th, 1919 N.B.- AS no duplicate of this Certificate will be issued, any person finding same is requested to forward it in an unstamped envelope to the Secretary, Militia Council, Ottawa, Canada. M.F.B. 39. 1049-D.P.- 300M-11-18. H.Q. 1772-39-882.
BC Archives, MS-0249 Box 1 File 26 / ELLISON FAMILY. Vernon. / Vernon Ellison, discharge certificate, 1919.