Pte
Kenneth George Le Shane
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 28/02/1891 |
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Place of birth: Lower Island Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
General information
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Profession: Miner |
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: 69512 |
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Enlistment date: 22/12/1914 |
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Enlistment place: Saint Johns, Newfoundland, Canada |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 26th Bn. (New Brunswick) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 06/11/1917 |
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Age: 26 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 26 F |
Distinctions and medals 4
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1914-15 Star Medal |
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British War Medal Medal |
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5590 - 18). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
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War diaries: 26th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4934, Microfilm reel number: T-10737 - T-10738, File number: 421). 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/1593823 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=eaa0f4a8-9786-419d-8fa7-1361908f6149 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6005846 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1593823 |