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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Last known residence: Simcoe, Ontario, Canada |
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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 4
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| #4 | 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.
More information 2
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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 |