Information about birth

Date of birth:
10/03/1894
Place of birth:
Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

General information

Profession:
Brick polisher
Religion:
Presbyterian

Army information

Country:
Canada
Force:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
59661
Enlistment date:
07/11/1914
Enlistment place:
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Units:
 —  Canadian Infantry, 21st Bn. (Eastern Ontario)  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
03/11/1917
Place of death:
Crest Farm, Passchendaele, Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
23

Memorial

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Panel: Panel 10 - 18 - 26 - 28.

Points of interest 3

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

My story

"Killed in Action."

Sources 2

Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6128 - 9).
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx
Sources used
War diaries: 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4868, Microfilm reel number: T-10667, File number: 195).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng
Sources used