Source: This Day in World War 1
“Another Maltese subject paid the supreme sacrifice in the field of battle: Private Edgar Sapienza, 4th Infantry Brigade Canadian contingent. He saw some hard fighting in France. He had first emigrated to America and then proceeded to Canada where he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force.”
Times of Malta. Circa 1916.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 