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- MERCER
- MS
- MALCOLM SMITH
- Etobicoke Township
- York , Canada
- Toronto
- Born on 17 September 1856; third of ten children of Thomas Mercer (farmer) and Mary Smith.
- University of Toronto (philosophy, 1881-1885); Osgoode Hall (law)
- Lawyer
- Freemason; The general Mercer Lodge was founded in 1919.
Militaire dienst
- 12 August 1914, Valcartier
- Major General
- C B, Mentioned in Despatches
- 3rd Can. Div. Staff Canadian Army
- At university, he joined the 2nd Battalion of Rifles (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada); promoted Captain October 1891; brevet major December 1902; major April 1906; commandant of the QOR February 1912; command of 1st Infantry Brigade of CEF 1915; command of 3rd Can.Division November 1915; promotion to major-general January 1916
Overlijden
- 3 June, 1 a.m. - 2 a.m.; Mount Sorrel, just after an inspection tour of the 4th CMR trenches; German shell explosion deafened Mercer; his a.d.c. Gooderham attempted to move Mercer from the 4th CMR dugout to safety; random bullet broke Mercer's leg; died when sheltering in a ditch; body found 21 June in Armagh Wood
- Shrapnel from British guns pierced his heart
- 3 June 1916
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