Schrage, David Morris

Plot Location	Sai Wan Memorial Column 26
Surname	Schrage
Given Name(s)	David Morris
Place of Birth	Bialykamien, Tarnopol, Poland
Date of Birth (Eng)	October 6, 1903
Date of Birth (Heb)
Date of Death (Eng)	October 31, 1941
Date of Death (Heb)
Age at Death	38
Hebrew Name	דוד משה בן ישראל
Spouse’s Name	Helen Schrage
Father’s Name	Israel Schrage
Mother’s Name	Sura Esther Drezner
Other Surname
Sex	M
Marital Status	M
Maiden Name
Service Rank	Private
Religious Status (כ/ל/י)
Cause of Death	Heart failure brought on by diabetes
Other Family Data
Inscription (Eng)
Inscription (Heb)
Inscription (Other)
Historical	Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., service number B/38365. David was a diabetic but he didn’t want anyone in his unit to know for fear that he would be deemed unfit to serve so he apparently stopped taking his insulin. While en route to Hong Kong, he developed medical complications that led to his having a heart attack and dying. He was buried at sea. He immigrated to Canada in 1930. He had a half-sister in Winnipeg. His parents, or perhaps his mother and step-father, must have arrived after him. In 1930, he was living on Flora Avenue in Winnipeg. Presumably, this was his parents’ house. He was employed as a miller at the time. Helen died on July 19, 1983, and is buried in Toronto. It appears that she never remarried.

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