Digitized Service Record
Source: Post by Jonathan Vance of the 25th Reserve Battalion Divisional Shooting Champions photograph.
Find-A-Grave
Family Search: When Private Roy M. Gerrie was born on 20 June 1894, in West Garafraxa Township, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, his father, Alexander Petrie Gerrie, was 31 and his mother, Bella Laidlaw Bayne, was 26. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Faith Ella Fletcher. He lived in Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Fergus, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 22, his occupation is listed as farmer in Fergus, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. He died on 20 October 1959, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, at the age of 65, and was buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Trade listed as Farmer. DOB 20-6-94, born Township of West Garafraxa. 5 foot 11 inches. Blue eyes, dark hair. Presbyterian. NOK Alexander Gerrie, father. Isabel Gerrie, mother. Attested 153dr Fergus 22-1-16 (age 21 years 7 months). On 153rd Nominal Roll 19-2-16, no transfer noted. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Rolls as published Guelph Mercury 10-6-16 and 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion, 15-12-17. Subsequent transfer to 6th Canadian Area Labour Pool. Returned to Canada aboard SS Empress of Britain, 25-2-19. Discharged Regina, Saskatchewan 20-3-19, ‘Physically Unfit’ – sickness. Forwarding address Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Veterans Death Card: died 20-10-59, cause not stated, not war service related. Buried Rossedale Cemetery, Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. NOK Faith E.l Gerrie, widow. Photo: Saskatchewan Genealogy Society.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3483 – 32, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
Source: 153rd (Wellington) Battalion C.E.F.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 