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• Name MERCER
• Initials MS
• First name MALCOLM SMITH
• Place of birth Etobicoke Township
• Country York , Canada
• Last residence Toronto
• Family Born on 17 September 1856; third of ten children of Thomas Mercer (farmer) and Mary Smith.
• Education University of Toronto (philosophy, 1881-1885); Osgoode Hall (law)
• Profession Lawyer
• Extra info Freemason; The general Mercer Lodge was founded in 1919.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 12 August 1914, Valcartier
• Rank Major General
• Medals C B, Mentioned in Despatches
• Regiment and unit 3rd Can. Div. Staff Canadian Army
• Other data related to military career At university, he joined the 2nd Battalion of Rifles (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada); promoted Captain October 1891; brevet major December 1902; major April 1906; commandant of the QOR February 1912; command of 1st Infantry Brigade of CEF 1915; command of 3rd Can.Division November 1915; promotion to major-general January 1916

Death

• Wounded 3 June, 1 a.m. - 2 a.m.; Mount Sorrel, just after an inspection tour of the 4th CMR trenches; German shell explosion deafened Mercer; his a.d.c. Gooderham attempted to move Mercer from the 4th CMR dugout to safety; random bullet broke Mercer's leg; died when sheltering in a ditch; body found 21 June in Armagh Wood
• Type of wounds Shrapnel from British guns pierced his heart
• Date of death 3 June 1916
• Died at the age of 59
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VI - A - 38

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