Private Ernest Wilbur Cameron
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Cameron,
Ernest Wilbur
Date of birth: 1897-01-12
Place of birth: Jersey City NY U.S.A.
Next of kin: Mrs Annie Cameron , mother, (document to faded to read town) Michigan, USA
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address:
Douglastown, NB
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 5.B.1.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 793477
Highest Rank:
Private
(87th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 87th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He went “over the top” with his Company in the attack and capture of Vimy Ridge, and was killed during that engagement, but no details relevant to the actual circumstances of his death are available
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
82950
Service file: B1404-S040
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 132nd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 87th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2009-12-16
Last modified: 2014-08-21