BORN HULL 25/11/1892. SON OF HENRY LOUIS MAYER (1863-1937) & PAULINE CAROLINE SCHURLE (1867-1945), OF WINIONA, ONTARIO, CANADA. HIS GRANDPARENTS WERE GERMAN. LOUIS’ FAMILY MOVED TO SOUTH MANCHESTER (1901 CENSUS). HE EMIGRATED TO WINONA, ONTARIO, CANADA, IN 1914.
HE ENLISTED IN CANADA AND SERVED WITH THE 58TH CANADIAN (ONTARIO) INFANTRY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT NO:24 GENERAL HOSPITAL, ETAPLES, ON 04/11/1917, AGED 24 . BURIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “WAS FAITHFUL TO HIS GOD AND COUNTRY”.
HE WAS UNMARRIED. LEFT YOUNGER SIBLINGS, ELSA AND CARL MAYER.
First name:
LOUIS JOHANN
Military Number:
210599
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
04/11/1917
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
