Pte
Creighton Wellington Hatt
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 10/07/1889 |
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Place of birth: Marriott's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada |
General information
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Profession: Lumberman |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 733115 |
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Enlistment date: 05/11/1915 |
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Enlistment place: Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 25th Bn. (Nova Scotia Rifles) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 08/11/1917 |
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Place of death: Passchendaele, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 28 |
Cemetery
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Tyne Cot Cemetery Plot: II. Row: E. Grave: 10. |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 3
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
| #2 | Enlistment place | ||
| #3 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
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.
Sources 3
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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 |
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4154A - 64). http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
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War diaries: 25th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4933, Microfilm reel number: T-10735, File number: 418). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/463107 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=e9ee550e-be71-4d46-88a8-9bf90b51fd31 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5925143 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/463107 |