Information about birth

Date of birth:
17/08/1895
Place of birth:
Wick, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Army information

Country:
Canada
Force:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
135121
Units:
 —  Canadian Mounted Rifles, 5th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
30/10/1917
Age:
22

Memorial

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Panel: 32 stone B

Distinctions and medals 2

Points of interest 1

#1 Place of birth

Sources 2

Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2098 - 10).
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx
Sources used
War diaries: 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles, (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4949, Microfilm reel number: T-10760, T-10760, File number: 473).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng
Sources used