Private Donald William Monk
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Monk,
Donald William
Date of birth: 1899-05-10
Place of birth: Abbots Langley Hertfordshire England
Next of kin: Ruth Monk, mother. 215 St. Helens Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Machinist
Occupation (normalized): Metalworking Machine Setter-Operator, General
Address:
215 St. Helens Street, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-09-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Sains-Les-Marquion British Cemetery, I. E. 10.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 1096360
Highest Rank:
Private
(3rd Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-08-19 to 1918-09-27
- Private (Army). 1918-06-28 to 1918-08-19
- Private (Army). 1917-09-18 to 1918-06-28
- Private (Army). 1917-06-10 to 1917-09-18
- Private (Army). 1917-05-22 to 1917-06-10
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Bourlon Wood
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 2943563
LAC ID:
183852
Service file: B6293-S013
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Albert Monk and Ruth Monk (nee Hutchinson)
Death Notice - Toronto Star October 16, 1918
Pte. D.W.Monk Killed
Pte. Donald William Monk who has been killed, enlisted in May 1917 with the 255th, but was transferred to the Young Soldiers Battalion when he went to England. In August 1918 when he was nineteen years old he went to France. Before he enlisted he worked for two years with the Regal Film Co. and was then apprenticed as a machinist to the Northern Aluminum Co.
Uploader's Research notes: 255th Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 12th Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry Young Soldiers' Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 12th Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 255th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2011-10-08
Last modified: 2020-08-28