Pte. Wilbert DRYNAN

1893 - 1918  (25 years)

• Name	Wilbert DRYNAN
  Prefix	Pte.
  Birth	2 May 1893	Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Attestation Papers	19 Jan 1916	Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	38th Bn EOR; L/Cpl; A. Sgt; Sgt; Pte;
  WWI service	2 Sep 1918	Dury, Pas De Calais, France   [2]
  	#788850 38th Battalion
  Death	2 Sep 1918	Dury, Pas De Calais, France   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Dury, Pas De Calais, France   [6, 7]
  	Address: Dury Mill British Cemetery Dury, Pas de Calais France
  Person ID	I41503530	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Alexander DRYNAN,   b. 2 Jun 1853, Ramsay Twp, Lanark Co., Ontario d. 8 Nov 1936, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Hannah MCLAREN,   b. 10 Jan 1858, Horton Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Aug 1934, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1882	Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Family ID	F6917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		WWI & WWII Honor Roll - St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Cobden Photograph provided by Wilda Johnston
  		Cobden Memorial Hall Plaque with Names of Fallen Soldiers The Cobden Sun, Nov 13, 1919
  		WWI Memorial Plaque - Cobden Legion Photograph provided by Wayne Bennett

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		CHx-Memorial Hall Corner Stone Laid newspaper article-The Cobden Sun, Aug 29, 1919 p. 1
  		Drynan, Wilbert WWI Military Service File Killed in Action
  		CHx-Two documents found in corner stone of destroyed Memorial Hall Newspaper Clipping from the 1958 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren, provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
  		Drynan, Wilbert killed in action (military) The Renfrew Mercury, Oct 25, 1918
  		Drynan, Private Wilbert, The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/253786
  		Drynan, Pte. Wilbert presented with purse on his farewell The Cobden Sun, Dec 10, 1942

  
  

  Histories

  Drynan, Pte. Wilbert - WWI Casualty Articles and information compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Notes

  of rr#4 cobden Cobden of the Past FB Page Nov 9, 2018 ?Who were WWI casualties from Cobden Pte. Wilbert Drynan was a farmer who enlisted Jan 15, 1916 at age 22 and died 2 Sep 1918 in France, age 25. In February 2017, he was admitted to hospital with diptheria but recovered and was able to return to action. Pte. Drynan was serving in the 38th Canadian Battalion when killed in action. Wilbert was the son of Alexander Drynan and Hannah McLaren of Bromley Twp. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial is another example of resources available online ? click on the links to see the available documents such as the Book of Remembrance, Burial Site, newspaper clipping. Attestation Papers: occupation farmer wt 175lb 5' 10", blue eyes, brown hair; age 22 years 8 mos Contracted diptheria while serving admited to hospital Jan 9, 1917. Returned to duty Apr 21, 1917. WWI service: "Killed in Action Whilst dressing wounds of a comrade during an advance on Drocourt-Queant Line, on the morning of September 2«sup»nd«/sup», 1918, he was instantly killed by an enemy machine gun bullet." The location was south of Drury.

  
  

• Sources

  [S525] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Bromley Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html). [S487223] Canada., Mil-War Graves Registers, Canada (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948, (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.). [S871] Church, Les & Aldine, Newspaper - Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracts From the Renfrew Mercury 1871 - 1924. [S485949] Church, Les & Aldine, Newspaper - Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracts From the Renfrew Mercury 1871 - 1924. [S487226] Canada., Mil-WWI Personnel Records of the First World War, ( Library and Archives Canada . https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx.). [S487227] Veterans Affairs Canada, Mil-Canadian Virtual War Memorial, ((www.veterans.gc.ca/eng)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S486890] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Mil-Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ((www.cwgc.org)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S493] Lewis, Olga, Renfrew County Marriages, 1876-1890, (Sep 1998).