| 1. | Pvt. Edgar Lyle Jackson was born on 26 Apr 1896 in Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada; died on 9 Aug 1952 in Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Union Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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- _FGRAVE: 124522832
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Died:
E.L. Jackson, Native Son, Dies
Edgar Lyle Jackson, 1921 8th St. S.W., a native son of Calgary, died this morning in Colonel Belcher hospital.
He was the son of the late Thomas E. Jackson who came west in 1882 and homesteaded near Calgary in what is now the Killarney district.
Mr. Jackson farmed six miles west of Calgary in "Jackson's Valley" from 1922 to 1935 at which time he moved to Calgary. Employed by the Calgary Transit System as a bus driver until the time of his death, he had become one of its best known figures.
During the First Great War he served four years overseas with the 31st Battalion. He was a member of the Native Sons' and of the Southern Alberta Oldtimers Association. He also was a member of the Army and Navy Veterans Association.
Surviving are his wife, May; one daughters, Mrs. B.H. Johnson, one son, E. Lyle W.; his mother, Mary E. Jackson, all of Calgary; four sisters, Violet Gibson and Mrs. D. Bruce Smith, Vancouver; Mrs. George E. Wood and Mrs. F.J. Timmins, Calgary; five brothers, W. Earl, Thomas C., Albert G., all of Calgary; Frederick J., Vancouver; Ernest J., Detroit.
Excerpt from The Calgary Herald, Saturday, August 9, 1952, page 15; includes photo of Mr. Jackson.
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Enlisted as a Private, Number 2109847 in the Canadian Army Medical Corps, CEF at Calgary, Alberta on 27 Feb 1917. He served in France and was wounded; discharged from service on 8 Nov 1919 in Calgary, Alberta.
Family/Spouse: May. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1896 - 1952 (56 years)
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