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Captain Gordon Burleigh Carling

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1886-04-10
Place of birth: Ottawa Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Eva C. Carling, Mother, Laurier Av., Ottawa, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Rancher
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1918-06-18
Cause of death: Died of illness
Buried: Beechwood Cemetery (Ottawa), Sec. 53. I. 7-8.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 647
Highest Rank: Captain
Rank detail
  1. Captain (Army).
  2. Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 2756456
LAC ID: 87783
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1491-S047
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Fred W. and Eva C. Carling, of 354, Sparks St., Ottawa, Ont.; husband of Annie C. Carling, of New Westminster, British Columbia.

Previous experience: 8 years in the Canadian Militia.

Wounded, returned to Canada. Interviewed in Banff, Alberta - see attached newspaper report.

Attestation marked for PPCLI. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in September 1914 [an Original]. Gassed June 1915. Struck off strength June 15, 1915. Invalided owing to sickness or wounds

Uploader's Research notes:

Canadian headstones.com/familytrees

First of five children born to Frederick William Carling and Eva Caroline Pattee, named for his maternal grandfather. His paternal great grandfather founded the Carling Brewery in London, Ontario, about 1840.

Find-A-Grave Capt Gordon Burleigh Carling

Brother Lt John Burleigh Carling RAF , Died 8th May 1918. Find-A-Grave

[Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Captain Army Canadian Army Service Corps Canadian Army Service Corps ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2005-04-30
Last modified: 2015-12-07