Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
Samuel Frederick Taylor HALBERT
Lieutenant
Died 25 February 1921 · Aged 27
His story
Lieutenant Samuel Frederick Taylor Halbert was born in Euphrasia Grey, Ontario, on 28 January 1894.
He enlisted in the Canadian Forces on 19 April 1918, and was sent to France in September 1918. While serving in France, he contracted 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.
Photographs and documents
Before the war
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Date of Birth
- 1894
- Place of Birth
- Ontario, Canada
Military service
- Last Rank
- Lieutenant
- Regiment/Service
- Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
- First Theatre of War
- France 1918
Medals and commemoration
- 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
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 25 February 1921
- Age at Death
- 27
- Place of Death
- Ontario, Canada
- Cause of Death
- Tuberculosis
- 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
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- Record of Samuel Halbert's death — reproduced document
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Samuel Frederick Taylor Halbert”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/samuel_frederick_taylor_halbert/.
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