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Corporal David Macgregor Neilson

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1893-06-05
Place of birth: Chapelhall Lanarkshire Scotland
Next of kin: Mrs Grace Neilson, 224 Eyre Street, Sudbury, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Machinist
Occupation (normalized): Metalworking Machine Setter-Operator, General
Address: 224 Eyre Street, Sudbury, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1918-09-08
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Buried: Duisans British Cemetery, VI. H. 17.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 1003190
Highest Rank: Corporal
Rank detail
  1. Corporal (Army). 1917-02-01 to 1918-09-18
  2. Private (Army). 1916-05-15 to 1917-02-01
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 40713
LAC ID: 557898
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B7257-S034
Uploader's Notes: Son of Robert and Grace Neilson, of 198, Oak St., Sudbury, Ontario. Native of Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Uploader's Research notes:

Source: The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1914 - 1919 (1926, Captain S.G.Bennett) http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/u?/cmh,39960

http://www.4cmr.com/index.htm War Diaries

http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/index.html Nominal Rolls

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 227th (Men of the North) Battalion, C.E.F. Corporal Army Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20