Pte
Lorne Everard Hansel
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 2802/1888 |
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Place of birth: Otterville, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada |
General information
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Profession: Telegraph operator |
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Religion: Baptist |
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: 796185 |
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Enlistment date: 13/02/1916 |
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Enlistment place: Simcoe, Ontario, Canada |
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Units: — Canadian Machine Gun Corps, 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 31/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Peter Pan, Passendale, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 29 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: Panel 32. |
Points of interest 3
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| #3 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
"Killed in Action." In the afternoon of the 31st October, 1917, he was attending to some work in connection with a machine gun that necessitated his being exposed with the result that he was instantly killed by an enemy shell. This occured during a heavy enemy bombardement near Passchendaele.
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 4025 - 29). https://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 - 1st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4987, Microfilm reel number: T-10820, File number: 627). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 5
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1592801 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=b5de2a54-a7dc-475c-a218-1051d494e021 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5920938 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1592801 |
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A Street Near You https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1592801/ |