Private Basil Cyril Karkruff
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Karkruff,
Basil Cyril
Date of birth: 1893-04-16
Place of birth: Oakville Ontario Canada
Next of kin: William Karkruff, father. Oakville, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Cutter
Occupation (normalized): Pattern Maker or Cutter, Specialisation Unknown
Address:
13 Amelia Street, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1917-09-30
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, I. U. 18.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 862637
Highest Rank:
Private
(7th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 7th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-05-28 to 1917-09-30
- Private, 123rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-02-02 to 1917-05-28
- Private (Army). 1917-01-06 to 1917-02-02
- Private (Army). 1916-02-24 to 1917-01-06
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: South-west of Lens
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 259030
LAC ID:
495210
Service file: B5002-S057
Uploader's Notes:
Son of William Joseph Karkruff and Mary Ida Karkruff (nee Maloney); younger brother of John Mortimer Karkruff (Service No. 1672) and older brother of Vincent Joseph Karkruff (Service No. 862642)
Toronto Star October 24, 1917 page 2 states that he was killed in action. Item further states that he had joined the Sportsmen's Battalion and had gone overseas in October of 1916, and after three months in England he had proceeded to France in January of 1917.
Uploader's Research notes:
Circumstances of Death
180th Battalion Nominal Roll
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 180th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 123rd Battalion A Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion No. 3 Company ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2018-11-15