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Lieutenant Melville Alfred Hastings

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1876-01-03
Place of birth: Hastings
Next of kin: Mr. Reginald MacDonald (brother-in-law), Ann Arbor University, Michigan, U.S.A.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Student
Occupation (normalized): Other Professional, Technical and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Date of death: 1918-10-03
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, XIVIII. A. 4.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 411125
Highest Rank: Lieutenant (52nd Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Corporal, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
  2. Lieutenant, 52nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 497271
LAC ID: 448587
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B4148A-S063
Uploader's Notes: Son of Alfred and Mary Elizabeth Miller (nee Kent). Native of St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Name changed from "Muller" to "Hastings" by Deed Poll about 1910. Original overseas unit 1st University Clompany. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field July28, 1915. (Former service number A/11125.) Struck off strength October 20, 1917. Subsequently became a Lieutenant with the 52nd Canadian Infantry Battalion. He is remembered at the Queens University in Kingston, Ontario.
Uploader's Research notes: [Corporal Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 52nd Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-04-28