Frederick Clayton Coulter
ID # 3886, (1898-)
| Father | Thomas Coulter (1864-) |
| Mother | Adelaide Muma (1871-1919) |
| Birth | Frederick Clayton Coulter was born on 18 December 1898 at Turtle Mountain. |
| Note | The Manitoba Vital Statistics birth registration number is: 1899-007060 The birth index has his first name as Frederich, but his attestation papers show him as Frederick Clayton Coulter. The same papers show his birth as 18 October, 1898. Since 18 December, 1898, is shown in the Manitoba birth index, it is shown here. Frederick's attestation papers, the papers he signed when he joined the Canadian Army, show his trade as that of telegraph operator. He is said to be a member of the R.N.W.M.P. - Royal North West Mounted Police - at Regina, Saskatchewan. The date of the papers is May 18, 1918. He is said to have been born at Wakopa, Manitoba, and his next of kin is his father, Thomas Coulter, of Bannerman, Manitoba. He was discharged from the army on 13 June, 1919. While in the army, he served in the CRCR, which was the Canadian Reserve Calvary Regiment. This was a reserve unit based in England. A rudimentary will was made by soldiers when they signed up and Frederick left his personal estate to his mother. It's hard to know if this unit was in anyway mechanized by this time, but, probably, his presence in the army had to do with horses. The above mentioned will shows him as serving in the R.N.W.M. Police cavalry draft. Both witnesses were with the R.N.W.M.P. at Regina. Frederick sailed from Montreal to Gravesend on the H.M.T. Bellerophon on 3 June, 1918. He was apparently on duty at Shornecliffe Camp with the CRCR as of June 24, 1918. He returned to Canada on the S.S. Lapland on 2 June, 1919. It appears he spent nearly a year at Shornecliffe. The paper work suggests that upon his return to Canada he would be residing at Bannerman, Manitoba, his father's place of residence. His mother was deceased by the time he returned to Canada. |
| Last Edited | 11 Nov 2016 |