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Private Robert Henry Hamilton

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1895-08-30
Place of birth: Montreal Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Henry Hamilton (father), 421 Metcafe Avenus, Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Drygoods Clerk
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Thelus Military Cemetery, IV. B. 7.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 487292
Rank detail

Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He was instantly killed by enemy shell fire during an attack on Vimy Ridge

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 296797
LAC ID: 441042
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3988-S011
Uploader's Notes:

Original overseas unit 5th University Company. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field September 16, 1916. Son of Henry Hamilton and his wife Hermine Mongenais, of Montreal.

Enlisted into 5th Overseas Universities Co., C.E.F.

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. This document gives his service number as 487292.

[Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-10