Fryer, Joseph John

SOLDIER DETAILS:

Fryer, Joseph John
Private 1st Battalion 3130005
September 27, 1918
Ontario Cemetery, Sains-Les-Marquion
Halton County - Acton & Rockwood
Maple Leaf Legacy Project

Haltonville Cenotaph
R. Laughton

Ontario Cemetery
Sains-Les-Marquiopn
Commonwealth War Graves

Maple Leaf Legacy Project

Private Fryer is commemorated on the Haltonville Cenotaph.

Private Fryer is buried in Ontario Cemetery, Sains-Les-Marquion, France.

Grave II A 19

His grave site has been photographed by the team at the Maple Leaf Legacy Project, operating out of Ypres, Belgium.

Other Links:

	CEFSG Matrix Unit Information
	Library and Archives Canada
	1st Battalion War Diaries 1918
	Nicholson - Hindenburg to Cambrai

SOLDIER SUMMARY:

Joseph John Fryer is reported to be from Acton, Ontario and the son of Thomas Fryer of Rockwood, Ontario and born in Ottawa. The MLP site lists him as born at Bell's Corners and a resident of Eden Mills.

Private Fryer did not volunteer to serve in the CEF, rather he was drafted to the 1st Depot Battalion under the 1917 Military Service Act on October 22, 1917. He was in-and-out of the Western Ontario Regimental Depot (WORD) and the 2nd Canadian Convalescent Depot. Medical records show an operation for swollen glands in his neck.

Private Fryer was taken-on-strength to the 4th Reserve Battalion in England. His active service was with the 1st Infantry Battalion, arriving in France on August31, 1918. He was killed in action of September 27, 1918 during Canada's "100 Days", in the final months of the war.

September 27 to October 11, 1918 is well know for the action at Canal du Nord and the capture of Cambrai. The war diary of September 27th shows the 1st Battalion on the Cambrai Road. Nicholson Map 13 shows the unit at the Green Line north of Bourlon. Of the 132 casualties, 20 died that day on the Arras-Cambrai Road.

The soldier pages contain information that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks are active where the information is available:

	Soldier Name: Veteran Affairs Canada, Canadian Virtual War Memorial
	Soldier Number: Library and Archives Canada, Attestation Papers
	Cemetery: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register
	Remembrance: Maple Leaf Legacy Project, Remembrance of Canada's War Dead

The summary of the service is taken from the soldier's service records, if they were available from Library and Archives Canada. A complete copy of the service record is available in electronic and paper format in the Alex Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society. Using that summary, combined with the key references, a summary of the events leading up to the death of the soldier has been prepared. The research information available is as noted on the Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group web site Matrix Project as well as in the Library and Archives Canada On-Line War Diaries.

A summary of all the soldiers is contained on the Web Blog "Great War Soldiers of Milton, Ontario CANADA". Please also be sure to purchase your own copy of "Milton Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb.