Regimental Number: 905156
Rank: Private
Branch: 49th Battalion; 194th Battalion
Edwin was born in March 1895 in Grouard, Alberta. He joined the Canadian armed forces in 1916, a year after his brother David. Edwin was wounded in action twice – a gunshot wound in the chest in May of 1917, and gunshot wounds to his left thigh and finger in October 1918.