Stenographer George Burton Pearen
George Burton Pearen, a stenographer of the Toronto Police Force, was a single young man who lived at 38 Boswell Avenue.
On June 30th 1916, Stenographer Pearen enlisted in Toronto's 69th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery. Pearen transferred to the 5th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops – a unit employed with running rail lines from support areas to front line trenches, in order to ferry troops and supplies where they were needed. Though the railway troops were frequent targets of enemy artillery and aerial attacks, Pearen survived the war. By April 1919, some five months after the war ended, Pearen was stationed in Liverpool, England awaiting his return home to Canada. On Sunday, April 19th 1919, while visiting the Liverpool Public Museum, Pearen fell down an elevator shaft and suffered severe internal injuries. He was evacuated to Northern Hospital Liverpool where he died of his injuries.
Police Stenographer George Burton Pearen lies buried at Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery.
| Name: | George Burton Pearen |
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| Badge: | N/A |
| Rank: | Stenographer |
| Date of Birth: | June 4, 1897 |
| Age: | 21 |
| Length of Service: | 1 Year |
| Date of Death: | April 19, 1919 |