Private Maurice Aubrey Chase
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Chase,
Maurice Aubrey
Date of birth: 1896-11-08
Place of birth: Chester Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Benjamin Chase, father. Chester, Nova Scotia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Fisherman
Occupation (normalized): Deep-Sea Fisherman
Address:
Chester, Nova Scotia
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-06-12
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Wailly Orchard Cemetery, II. H. 14.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 734456
Highest Rank:
Private
(25th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 25th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Neuville Vitasse
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 35858
LAC ID:
97780
Service file: B1654-S046
Uploader's Notes:
Son of James Benjamin Chase and Susan Chase (nee Brimmer) of Chester, Lunenburg County Nova Scotia; younger brother of Harry Frank Chase (Service No. 111086)
On the day of his death the 25th Battalion was in the line at Neuville Vitasse. The war diary for that day states that the unit was shelled heavily for 20 minutes and suffered 1 officer and 8 OR killed.
Uploader's Research notes: 112th Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 112th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 25th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-02-25