You are to use two online, historical databases to research a soldier who lost his life in The Great War.
You will then write an obituary for the soldier.
Task
Step One
Find a Soldier in the first database
Go to the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) web page and find a soldier who died during The Great War.
The soldier you choose must be from WWI. This means you must pick someone who died between 1914 and 1918.
You also need to make sure the database includes the service number in its details on the soldier.
Find and write down the soldier's service number. This will help you find the soldier again in the future.
Find a Soldier in the second database
Go to the The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) web page
Take the Service Number and put it into the search function on the CEF site (under the Regimental Number section).
If you cannot find the soldier you need to pick a new one.
If you cannot read the writing in the documents you need to pick a new one.
Step Two
Use both databases to write down the information needed for the obituary.
You need the following information:
-The soldier's day of birth (day, month, year)
-The birthplace of the soldier (town and country)
-The soldier's day of death (day, month, year)
- The day they enlisted in to the armed forces (day, month, year)
-The soldier's next of kin (family, if he had any)
-The soldier's job, trade, calling or profession before the war
-The Unit and Battalion/Division the soldier was serving with when he died
-The soldier's military rank when he died
-Where the soldier's grave is located (name of cemetery, and country it is in)
- Other interesting information you find about the soldier (3 items of information)
Remember: You need to hand in the notes you took for this assignment.
Click the link beside 'Digitized service file - PDF format' to find all of the the military records for the soldier. This will help in finding interesting facts.
Step Three
Step Four
Write an obituary on the soldier. Use all of the information listed above.
An obituary is a notice of someone's death. It usually contains basic information on the person, as well as a few notable facts or life achievements.
Below is a sample obituary from The Great War.
Step Five
Print your obituary, staple it to your notes and hand it in.
The obituaries need the following information:
(3 marks each)
-The soldier's day of birth (day, month, year)
-The birthplace of the soldier (town and country)
-The soldier's day of death (day, month, year)
- The day they enlisted in to the armed forces (day, month, year)
-The soldier's next of kin (family, if he had any)
-The soldier's job, trade, calling or profession before the war
-The Unit and Battalion/Division the soldier was serving with when he died (NOT the Battalion or Unit he was assigned to when he enlisted)
-The soldier's military rank when he died
-Where the soldier's grave is located (name of cemetery, and country it is in)
- Other interesting information (3 facts)
- You will also hand in the notes you took for this assignment. (3 marks)
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