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Private Albert George Kiss

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1894-11-19
Place of birth: London England
Next of kin: Alfred Charles Kiss; father; c/o R. Hicks, Fort Saskatchean, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Printer
Occupation (normalized): Printer, General
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 437510
Highest Rank: Private (14th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 14th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private, 51st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  3. Private (Army).
  4. Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He was killed by a large piece of shrapnel which struck him in the back just as he was leaving the “jumping off” trench for the attack on Vimy Ridge

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 297239
LAC ID: 501337
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5208-S066
Uploader's Notes:

Brother of Mr. A. C. Kiss, of Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.

Next of kin changed - Mrs. Jane E Young; sister; 201? Peabody Dwellings, London West, 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 [Private Army Canadian Infantry 51st Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre Private Army Canadian Infantry 23rd Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 14th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-07-28