Pte
Richard Calvank

Information about birth

Date of birth:
04/10/1892
Place of birth:
Vankleek Hill, Ontario, Canada

General information

Last known residence:
Vankleek Hill, Ontario, Canada
Profession:
Labourer
Religion:
Church of England

Army information

Country:
Canada
Force:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
633374
Enlistment place:
Alexandria, Ontario, Canada
Units:
 —  Canadian Infantry, 38th Bn. (Ottawa)  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
30/10/1917
Age:
25

Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery
Plot: XXXIX
Row: A
Grave: 13

Points of interest 1

#1 Sterfteplaats

Sources 4

Circumstance of Death (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG150, 1992-93/314, 161)
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
Sources used
Commonwealth War Graves Registers, First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG150, 1992-93/314, 53)
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
Sources used
Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1395 - 57)
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
Sources used
War diaries: 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4938, Microfilm reel number: T-10743, File number: 432, File part: 1=1916/08/13-1917/12/31;2=1918/01/01-1919/05/31)
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
Sources used