Personal Details | |
Date of Birth | September 24, 1896 |
Place of Birth | Victoria, Harbour, Simcoe County, Ontario |
Country | Canada |
Marital Status | Single |
Next of Kin | Christopher Scherk, father 325 7th Avenue South, Kenora, Ontario |
Trade / Calling | Flour Miller |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Service Details | |
Regimental Number | 2383969 |
Service Record | |
Battalion | 1st Depot Battalion Manitoba Regiment |
Force | Canadian Expeditionary Force |
Branch | Canadian Infantry |
Enlisted / Conscripted | Conscripted |
Address at Enlistment | 325 7th Avenue South, Kenora, Ontario |
Date of Enlistment | April 22, 1918 |
Age at Enlistment | 21 |
Theatre of Service | Canada |
Prisoner of War | No |
Survived War | Yes |
Death Details | |
Date of Death | June 6, 1925 |
Age at Death | 28 |
Buried At | Lake of the Woods Cemetery, Kenora, Ontario |
Plot | 32E-22-4 |
Richard Lawrence Scherk was born on 24 September 1896 in Victoria Harbour, Tay Township, Simcoe, Ontario. His father Christopher Scherk was from Whitechurch, Ontario while his mother Margaret Timmons was from Tecumseth, Ontario, the couple marrying on 5 October 1887 in the village of Stayner. At the time of the marriage both were living in the Township of Nottawasaga where Christopher was farming. Their first child, daughter Elizabeth Jane, was born in 1888 in Nottawasaga. By the time of the birth of their second child in 1890, son William John, the family was living in Victoria Harbour where Christopher was working as a labourer in a local saw mill. Following Lawrence’s birth, son Christopher Robert Clifford was born in 1899 in Victoria Harbour. By the time of the 1901 census the family had moved to the Mikado Mines near Rat Portage (later renamed Kenora) in northwestern Ontario. It appears that a son, Radford, was born in 1905 at the mine, passing away at the age of 5 months. By the 1911 census the family was living in Kenora.