Date of birth: 10/07/1889

Place of birth: Marriott's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

Profession: Lumberman

Country: Canada

Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force

Rank: Private

Service number: 733115

Enlistment date: 05/11/1915

Enlistment place: Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada

Units:  —  Canadian Infantry, 25th Bn. (Nova Scotia Rifles)  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 08/11/1917

Place of death: Passchendaele, Belgium

Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Age: 28

British War Medal Medal

Victory Medal Medal

Private Creighton Hatt served in the “C” Company 25th Bn. Canadian Infantry, part of the 5th Canadian Brigade, the 2nd Canadian Division. The Battalion moved to the support line at Seine for the attack on 6 November 1917, known as the Second Battle of Passchendaele. On 8 November 1917, the 25th Bn. relieved the 26th Bn in the frontline but suffered from heavy German shell fire. The German shell fire caused a several casualties, especially C Company suffered heavily. Pte. Hatt was one of these casualties. His remains during the war were buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery. In his ‘circumstances of death file’ it is mentioned that he was killed in action. Since he is buried in plot II at Tyne Cot Cemetery it is presumed that he was wounded and taken back to the Casualty Clearing Station at Tyne Cot were died of is wounds.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Further reference

Circumstances of Death http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=pf868q7td101us1usidkvu8pl1&sqn=440&q2=28&q3=2300&tt=971 Sources used

CWGC http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/463107/HATT,%20CREIGHTON%20WELLINGTON Sources used

Service Records http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used

The Long, Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Sources used

War Diary 25th. Canadian Bn. https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02015202_e.html Sources used