Informationen zu Geburt

Geburtsdatum:
24/10/1887
Geburtsort:
Arbroath, Forfarshire, Vereinigtes Königreich, Schottland

Allgemeine Informationen

Beruf:
Arbeiter

Informationen zum Armeedienst

Land:
Canada
Truppe:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Dienstnummer:
772435
Einberufung datum:
16/12/1915
Einberufung ort:
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Einheiten:
 —  Canadian Infantry, 1st Bn. (Ontario Regiment)  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Informationen zu Tod

Sterbedatum:
06/11/1917
Sterbeort:
Meetcheele, Passchendaele, Belgien
Todesursache:
Im Kampf gefallen
Alter:
30

Gedenkstätte

Punkte von Interesse 3

#1 Geburtsort
#2 Einberufung ort
#3 Ort des Todes (ungefähr)

Meine Geschichte

The 1st Canadian Infantry were tasked to take Mosselmarkt on the 6th November 1917. The jumping off line was on the Bellevue-Meetcheele spur. They attacked across a stronghold named Graf House. The battalion encountered heavy machinegun fire and artillery and many soldiers got lost crossing this field of open ground. George was presumably killed in this attack and his body was never found.

Quellen 3

McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London: Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018).
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
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War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, 1992-93/314).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
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