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Private Wilfred John Jones

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1896-12-17
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Fred Jones (father) 20 Spruce Hill Rd. Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Student
Occupation (normalized): Other Professional, Technical and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Address: 20 Spruce Hill Rd. Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Baptist
Date of death: 1917-07-01
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Orchard Dump Cemetery, III. C. 24.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 475507
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army).
  2. Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
  3. Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed by shell at midnight on July 1 1917 in the trenches North East of Vimy

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 269531
LAC ID: 340575
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B4961-S032
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Fred and Mary Matilda Jones, of 38, Spruce Hill Rd., Toronto.

Previous military service: 1 year Canadian Officer Training Corps, Company 'M', in Toronto,

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Private Army Canadian Infantry 4th Overseas Universities Company Private Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 3rd Machine Gun Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2011-01-25