Pte
George
William
Frisken
Born in Gateshead, Durham, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of David Frisken
and Edith (Brown) Frisken
Brother of
Frederick Brown Frisken and James Frisken
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 20
in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Apr 2020
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Biography
Pte. George William Frisken, service number 528082, served in the 116th Bn. Canadian Infantry in WWI.
He embarked for Canada on 13 August 1915 aboard the Scandinavian headed for Ottowa. He was 17 at the time.[1]
He was killed in action at Arras, Pa-de-Calais in August 1918.[2][3]
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com. UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
- ↑ Canadian Expeditionary Force. CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918. Accession 1992-93/166. Record Group 150. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- ↑ Commonwealth Ware Graves Commission. Frisken, George William. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/250200/frisken,-george-william/, accessed 26 April 2020.
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