Lieutenant Alexis Painter Nason

Lieutenant, 13th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Son of Frank Lewis Nason and Thalia Painter Nason, of West Haven, Conn., U.S.A.

Yale College, Class of 1915

In business in Montreal; Yale history reports he enlisted in 1915 (attestation reports 10 months service as Lieutenant in 1st Reinforcing Coy. R.H.C., CEF) and bounced up and down in rank, reportedly giving up a commission to go to France as an enlisted man (that is belied by officer attestation paper of May, 1917 from Montreal)

Arrived in England early in 1918; Bramshott Camp, Hants. with 20th Canadian Reserve Battalion

Rejoined 5th Canadian Highlanders, according to Yale account

Death described in letter by Commanding Officer, 13th Canadian Battalion: Nason was killed while leading his men in the attack on machine gun posts in the northern part of Sancourt village

Fellow Yale alumnus Lawrence Fulton Kirby, 1907 Law, a private in the 15th Canadian Cavalry, was killed the same day and is also buried at Sancourt

Yale in the World War

Ed. George Henry Nettleton

Yale University Press

New Haven, Connecticut

1925