Geboortedatum: 10/07/1889

Geboorteplaats: Marriott's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

Beroep: Houthakker

Land: Canada

Strijdmacht: Canadian Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Service nummer: 733115

Dienstneming datum: 05/11/1915

Dienstneming plaats: Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada

Eenheden:  —  Canadian Infantry, 25th Bn. (Nova Scotia Rifles)  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 08/11/1917

Plaats van overlijden: Passendale, België

Doodsoorzaak: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Leeftijd: 28

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

Private Creighton Hatt served in the “C” Company 25th Bn. Canadian Infantry, part of the 5th Canadian Brigade, the 2nd Canadian Division. The Battalion moved to the support line at Seine for the attack on 6 November 1917, known as the Second Battle of Passchendaele. On 8 November 1917, the 25th Bn. relieved the 26th Bn in the frontline but suffered from heavy German shell fire. The German shell fire caused a several casualties, especially C Company suffered heavily. Pte. Hatt was one of these casualties. His remains during the war were buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery. In his ‘circumstances of death file’ it is mentioned that he was killed in action. Since he is buried in plot II at Tyne Cot Cemetery it is presumed that he was wounded and taken back to the Casualty Clearing Station at Tyne Cot were died of is wounds.

Circumstances of Death http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=pf868q7td101us1usidkvu8pl1&sqn=440&q2=28&q3=2300&tt=971 Gebruikte bronnen

Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4154A - 64). http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Gebruikte bronnen

War diaries: 25th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4933, Microfilm reel number: T-10735, File number: 418). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Gebruikte bronnen

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/463107

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=e9ee550e-be71-4d46-88a8-9bf90b51fd31

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5925143

The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/463107