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Lance Corporal Sydney Ernest Haines

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1893-02-19
Place of birth: London
Next of kin: Mrs. Frederick Haines, 83 Durban Road, watford, Hurtfordshire, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farming
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Arras Road Cemetery, I. A. 17.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 602503
Rank detail

Lance Corporal, 7th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He was hit in the head by an enemy machine gun bullet and killed instantaneoulsy during an attack on Vimy Ridge, shortly after leaving the old front line.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 279393
LAC ID: 439604
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3925-S020
Uploader's Notes: Son of Frederick Henry and Julia Elizabeth Wenmoth Haines, of 83, Durban Rd., Watford. England.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-08-23