Pte
Arthur Meharcy Hummel

Information about birth

Date of birth:
21/07/1891
Place of birth:
Chesterville, Ontario, Canada

General information

Profession:
Theology student
Religion:
Methodist

Army information

Country:
Canada
Force:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
487409
Enlistment date:
13/12/1915
Enlistment place:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Units:
 —  Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
17/11/1917
Place of death:
Mosselmarkt, Passchendaele, Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
26

Memorial

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Panel: Panel 10.

Points of interest 3

#1 Place of birth
#2 Enlistment place
#3 Place of death (approximate)

My story

"Previously reported Wounded and missing, now reported Killed in Action."

Files 2

Newspaper Article

Two photos with articles re Missing in Action and Notice of Death

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Sources 3

Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, Box 4609 - 49).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
Sources used
War diaries: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4912, Microfilm reel number: T-10703, File number: 347).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
Sources used
War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, Volume Number: 194).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/
Sources used