Sergeant Patrick William Berne

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Berne, Patrick William

Date of birth: 1888-03-14

Place of birth: Cork Ireland

Next of kin: Connor Berne, 5 St Mary’s Terrace, Galway, Ireland

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Clerk

Religion: Roman Catholic

Date of death: 1917-04-09

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Nine Elms Military Cemetery (France), Mem. 6.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 77478

Highest Rank: Sergeant (15th Battalion)

Rank detail

Private (Army).
Sergeant, 15th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Battle wounded/killed: This non-commissioned officer was instantly killed by a fragment from an enemy shell during the attack at VIMY RIDGE.

Awards

Memorial Plaque and Scroll
Date of award: 1921-02-25

1914-1915 Star

Cross of Sacrifice

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.

CWGC ID: 297002

LAC ID: 40362

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B0679-S073

Uploader's Notes: Son of Connor and B. H. Berne, of 3, Montpelier Place, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Arras Road Cem. previous service-102nd Regt

Uploader's Research notes:

30th Battalion Nominal Roll

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

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 30th Battalion 30th Battalion Nominal Roll Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 15th Battalion Plaque and Scroll Cross of Sacrifice 1914/15 Star ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2018-03-02