Historical calendar, 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion (Eastern OntarioRegiment), Belgium - France - Germany, 1915-1919 . es later. The remains were interred in the MilitaryCemetery at Longeau. Extract from Captain R. J. Rentson*s (formerlyChaplain) Story of Battle of Amiens, in Canada. The late Elmer W. Jones. , wasone of the most brilliant and beloved officers in theCanadian Army, a man of wide culture, born in Brock-ville. At the beginning of the war he came over with theBattalion early in 1915. A veteran of St. Eloi, the Somme,and Vimy, he Was a father to every man in t
Historical calendar, 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion (Eastern OntarioRegiment), Belgium - France - Germany, 1915-1919 . es later. The remains were interred in the MilitaryCemetery at Longeau. Extract from Captain R. J. Rentson*s (formerlyChaplain) Story of Battle of Amiens, in Canada. The late Elmer W. Jones. , wasone of the most brilliant and beloved officers in theCanadian Army, a man of wide culture, born in Brock-ville. At the beginning of the war he came over with theBattalion early in 1915. A veteran of St. Eloi, the Somme,and Vimy, he Was a father to every man in the influence over his officers was quite called them all by their Christian names, and hishumorous badinage touched the spot with unerring in-stinct. His last conference with his company officers wasa lesson in personality. He sat on a couch in the dug-out,with hand and leg bandaged, for he had not recoveredfrom a painful accident of a week before. In his quiettone he gave each his final instructions. His confidencein them and their affectionate respect for him werebeautiful to Major Thomas F. Elmitt, MAJOR THOMAS F. ELMITT, In pre-war days an officer of the 43rd Regiment, ofOttawa, and at the outbreak of war was engaged in thelumber business in that city. Major Elmitt enhsted with the Battahon in November,1914, as a Captain. He was appointed to commandD Company, and promoted to the rank of MajorDecember 31st, 1915. When the late Colonel Elmer W. Jones assumed com-mand of the Battalion, he was appointed Second-in-Command. He commanded the Battalion, with theacting rank of , during the period ColonelJones was in England owing to wounds received in theattack on Vimy Ridge in April, 1917. In October, 1917, Major Elmitt was appointed to acommand in England. This officer, whose enviable record with the 21st isso well known to all who have served with it, will alv/aysstand as one of the prominent figures in the histor
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