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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."
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 |
More information 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1593202 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=dee0c52d-1e18-4f99-b3b3-f94574d87855 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5953323 |
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1593202 |