| Born |
August 1, 1893
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| Died |
September 17, 1918, Age 25
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| Force |
Army
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| Division |
116th Bn.Honours and Awards: Military Cross, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
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| Home Address |
75 Yonge Street
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Franklin Ott, born in Brantford, Ontario, attended Parkdale Collegiate before entering UTS in 1910. An extremely popular boy, he was deeply involved in the life of the school, serving as Captain of the Cadet Corps and playing on the school’s rugby team, which won the 1913 Interscholastic League Championship; his teammates Gordon Applegath and Gurney Ryckman were also killed during the war. After graduating in 1914, he was admitted to Osgoode Hall Law School, but within a year he had left, enlisting in the 25th Battery in March 1915 and going overseas in June. However, he did not reach the front until 1917: after narrowly escaping death during a Zeppelin attack on his English training camp in October 1915, he was allowed to return to Canada to visit his dying mother in December of the same year. While on leave, he obtained a commission in the 126th Peel Battalion, and returned to Europe as an officer in August 1916. He spent eighteen months at the front in France with the 116th Battalion, winning the Military Cross for his valour, until he was killed in action in September 1918. He is buried in Monchy British Cemetery in Monchy-le-Preux, France.
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