CAPLlNG, Fred C.
World War 1 - Royal Flying Corps
Born: March 28th 1900, Tavistock, ON
Died: 1967
Attended: Tavistock Public School
After School: Great West Business College, Kitchener
Enlisted: April 1918, 18 years of age
Trained: Camp Borden
Served: Canada
Discharged: November 11th 1918
After the War: Worked in Kitchener at rubber factory as a bookkeeper; foreman at B.F. Goodrich for 45 years
Family: Parents - Henry and Elizabeth [Mogk] Capling
Siblings - Ephrahm, Milton, William, Clayton, Gordon, Alma, Catherine, Florence
Married Era May Shirk in Bridgeport in 1923
Daughters - Ruth (Mrs. J. Clare Vincent), Dorothy (Mrs. Robert D. Richards)
Comments: a prominent Mason; past sovereign of Conestogo Conclave No. 12, Red Cross of Constantine; past president of the Waterloo County Shrine Club; past provincial prior of the Hamiton district Knights Templar; past preceptor of Valette Preceptory of the Knights Templar; charger member of Temple Masonic Lodge; past master of Grand River Lodge; and a member of Kitchener chapter of Royal Arch Masons; president of Canada Conference Brotherhood of the Evangelical United Brethren Church 1940-45; member of Zion EUB Church.