Regimental Number: 3208227
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment; 21st Reserve Battalion
Ernest was born in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia on June 10, 1895. His brother James filed on a homestead for him by proxy on May 17, 1915, in the Beaverlodge area (NE10-71-10-W6). Ernest arrived in fall of the year. He was drafted in 1918, but returned to his homestead after being discharged. Ernest never married and died in the Hythe Pioneer Lodge in March of 1974.
Sources: Beaverlodge to the Rockies p. 551; Pioneers of the Peace p. 316