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Private George Colton

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Colton, George
Date of birth: 1882-05-16
Place of birth:
Next of kin: Annie Hutton Colton (wife,) 15 Rainsford Road, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Billiard Marker
Occupation (normalized): Other Production and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Address: 15 Rainsford Road, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 796180
Highest Rank: Private (14th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 14th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private, 198th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-04-01 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack at Vimy Ridge

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 297084
LAC ID: 111184
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4
Service file: B1892-S017
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 [Private Army Canadian Infantry 198th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 14th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-01