Private Albert Montrose Ballantyne
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Ballantyne,
Albert Montrose
Date of birth: 1898-12-21
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Robert Ballantyne (Father)
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Salesman
Address:
200 2nd Avenue, Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1916-09-04
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Australian Imperial Forces Burial Ground, XV. 0. 10.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 602711
Highest Rank:
Private
(13th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 13th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Courcelette (Mouquet Farm)
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 263756
LAC ID:
22671
Service file: B0396-S036
Uploader's Notes:
Montrose was the son of Robert Ballantyne ( 1866 - xxxx) and Annie Laura Fawcett (1872 - xxxx). The date of birth given on the recruitment form is incorrect.
He had five siblings: John Henry Ballantyne (1891 - xxxx), William Edward Ballantyne (1893 - xxxx), Robert James Ballantyne (1894 - xxxx), Female Ballantyne (1904 - 1904) and Waldon Frederick Ballantyne (1906 - xxxx).
circumstances of casualty report "From information available, the soldier was blown to pieces by an enemy 5.9 high explosive shell."
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 13th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2012-04-26