Private Joseph Alburn Bassett
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Bassett,
Joseph Alburn
Date of birth: 1888-08-26
Place of birth: Listowel Perth County ON Canada
Name of next of kin: Elias Bassett
Relationship of next of kin: Father
Address of next of kin: Listowel, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Student
Occupation (normalized): Other Professional, Technical and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Height: 69.5 inches
Religion: Wesleyan
Date of death:
1916-10-20
Cause of death:
Died as a prisoner of war
Buried:
Sains-Les-Marquion British Cemetery, Mem. 5.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 477046
Highest Rank:
Private
(Royal Canadian Regiment)
Rank detail
Private, Royal Canadian Regiment (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed:
Reported missing after action [1916-10-08]
Previously missing, now reported to have died of wounds while POW at Feldlaz Graincourt [1916-10-20]
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 259414
LAC ID:
28350
Service file: B0495-S009
Uploader's Notes: Graincourt-les-Havrincourt Com. Cem. Ger. Extn. The Royal Canadian Regiment 1883-1933 notes that Private Bassett died of "accident or disease".
Uploader's Research notes:
"Reaching France early in 1916 he served through the fighting of the following spring and summer, mostly in the Ypres area. In the battle of the Somme he was missing. Later it was reported that, being wounded in the head, he had been taken prisoner and had died at Graincourt."
(From: University of Toronto Roll of Service, 1914-1918.)
[Private Army Canadian Infantry Royal Canadian Regiment ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2024-03-08