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Robb, Bertram Robert         

16-49-1    →   Column 16, Plot 49-1 (north)
b. 1894-Aug-02, Amaranth, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada
d. 1973-Apr-27, Medicine Hat, AB

Headstone, Footstone: Raised concrete.  Both dates on his headstone are wrong.  Should be 1894-1973.
Cover: Concrete or fiberglass
Level?: Yes

Empress Cemetery Tree on Ancestry.ca
     https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/201433125/person/332730221580
Find a Grave
     https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187201897
Alberta Death Register #004-960, page 12 of 52, right side, line 6.
     https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/sites/default/files/2025-12/Deaths_R_1973-1975%28op%29.pdf

Available here 

 Robb, Bertram, WW1 Attestation Paper.jpg
 Robb, Bertram, Discharge Certificate.jpg
 Robb, Bertram, Death Notification.jpg
 Robb, Bertram, Alberta Death Register.jpg
 Cemetery Register 1972-1975.jpg

Grave Photos 

 16-49-1 Robb, Bertram, Headstone (2025-05-26).jpg
 16-49-2&1 Robb, Edna & Bertram, Whole grave (2025-06-05).jpg
 16-1-2, 16-2-1, 16-50-1, 16-49-2&1 Robb, William&Hughie+Ruth, Dosch, Hugh (white cross), Robb, Edna & Bertram, Whole grave (2025-05-26).jpg
 16-1-2, 16-2-1&2, 16-50-1, 16-49-2&1, 16-48-1 Group (2025-08-31).jpg
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Father: Thomas Robb (1856-1907)
Mother: Margaret Graham (1868-1904)
Spouse: Edna Hyacinathe Grassie (1902–1964), Find a Grave:187201925
Children:
     William Robert Robb (1930–1963), Find a Grave:187201966
     Hugh Arnold "Hughie" Robb (1932–1985), Find a Grave:187201936
     Ruth Robb (1936–1936), Find a Grave:290784664

Summary
1894-Aug-02: Bert was born to Thomas Robb and Margaret Graham at Amaranth, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada.
1901-Apr-12: Canada Census with father & 5 brothers at Amaranth, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada.

  Military: World War 1
     1916-Mar-11: Enlisted in Canadian Expeditionary Force at Medicine Hat, AB.  Reg No. 696519.  Pte.  31st Battalion.
     1916-Oct-03: Sailed from Halifax on S.S. Saxonia
     1916-Oct-13: Arrived at Liverpool
     1917-Jan-10: Transferred to 175th Battn
     1917-Jan-19: Transferred overseas to 31st battn
     1917-Jan-20: Arrived as REinf., Havre
     1917-Feb-23: Left for Unit in the field
     1917-Feb-27: Arrived 2nd Eut Bn
     1917-Mar-18: Left for unit, joined 31 Btn
     1917-Apr-10: G.S. Buttock.  Medical: No. 2. Aust Gen Hosp. Wimereux GSW.Buttock slt.
     1917-Apr-14: Invalided (wounded) + posted to Alta Regt.  Medical: East Leeds War Hosp.
     1917-Apr-24: Medical: Discharged from East Leeds War Hosp.  Admitted to MCH Epsom.
     1917-May-04: Medical: Discharged.  Wound healed dry scam over wound, no disability resuling from wound.  TOS Bramshot.
     1917-May-22: Medical: Can Mil Hos Bramshott Neurasthenia Gastralgia
     1917-Jun-02: Medical: Discharged Gastritis
     1917-Sep-06: Proceeded overseas for service with 31 Bt.
     1917-Sep-06: Arrived CBD. Reinf. Left for unit in the field.
     1917-Sep-27: Cdn Corps Rein Camp
     1917-Nov-09: Left & arrived for unit in field
     1918-Jun-25: Wounded.  Medical: 6 Sty. Hos. Trenent SW. L. Thigh
     1918-Jun-27: Medical: 12 (NSa) G.H. Ronen
     1918-Jul-01: Medical: 73 Gen Hosp Trouville
     1918-Aug-13: Medical: 14 Con Dep Trouville
     1918-Sep-19: Medical: Dis to B.D. Etaples
     1918-Oct-10: Arrived CCRG, left for unit
     1918-Oct-16: Granted 14 days leave to UK
     1918-Nov-04: Medical: 2 Cas.Cl. Station
     1918-Nov-11: Medical: 7 CanStat. Camiers
     1919-Jan-10: Forfiets field allowance and placed under stoppages of pay at rate of 50¢ per diem whilst in hospital from 11-11-18 to 10-1-19 (61 days)
     1919-Jan-19: Medical: Disch
     1919-Jan-24: Trans to England posted to ARD Bramshot for demobilization
     1919-Feb-05: Transferred to Kinmel Park Camp, Rhyl, Wales.
     1919-Feb-15: Dental exam
     1919-Feb-17: Medical exam
     1919-Mar-10: Embarked from Liverpool on the H.M.T. Celtic.
     1919-Mar-18: Arrived in Halifax
     1919-Mar-23: Discharged (demobilization), from service at Calgary, AB.

1921-Jan-17: Homestead Entry Application for SE-35-24-29-W3, 3.8 km northeast of Mayfield Cemetery, Saskatchewan, 15.3 km north-northeast of Empress, Alberta, 20.6 km east-southeast of Acadia Valley, Alberta.
1921-Jun-01: Canada Census alone at 23-24-29-W3, 2.7 km east-southeast of Mayfield Cemetery, Saskatchewan, 12 km north-northeast of Empress, Alberta, 16.4 km northwest of Estuary, Saskatchewan.
1926-Jun-01: Canada Census alone at SW-23-24-29-W3, 2.7 km east-southeast of Mayfield Cemetery, Saskatchewan, 12 km north-northeast of Empress, Alberta, 16.4 km northwest of Estuary, Saskatchewan.  The next line in the census is blank except for SE-35-24-29-W3, which probably means that while the census enumerator found Bert at the first location, he indicated that he was supposed to be at the second, which was his homestead.
1927-Dec-12: Homestead Patent Grant for SE-35-24-29-W3.
1929-Dec-21: Bert married Edna Hyacinathe Grassie at Alsask, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1930-Oct-09: Son William Robert born.
1931-Jun-01: Canada Census with wife & son at E-33-25-28-W3, 14.1 km southwest of Mantario, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1932-Jun-25: Son Hugh Arnold born.
1936: Daughter Ruth was stillborn at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1940-Nov-21: Newspaper article in the Star-Phoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), says that "Bertram R. Robb, re-elected by acclamation", for Division 5 of R. M. Mantario No. 262.
1945: Canada Voters List with wife at Eyre, Saskatchewan, Canada.  Occupation: Farmer.
1949: Canada Voters List with wife at Alsask, Saskatchewan, Canada.  Occupation: Farmer.
1953: Canada Voters List with wife and both sons at Alsask, Saskatchewan, Canada.  Occupation: Farmer.
1957: Canada Voters List with wife and both sons at Eyre, Saskatchewan, Canada.  Occupation: Farmer.
1963: Canada Voters List with wife and son Hughie at Alsask, Saskatchewan, Canada.  Occupation: Farmer.
1965, 1968: Canada Voters List with son Hughie at Alsask, Saskatchewan, Canada.  Occupation: Farmer.
1972: Canada Voters List alone at Alsask, Saskatchewan, Canada.  Occupation: Farmer.
1973-Apr-27: Bert died in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.  Alberta Death Register #004-960.

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