Private Alex Cameron McKinnon
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
McKinnon,
Alex Cameron
Date of birth: 1895-05-20
Place of birth: Port Hastings Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: James McKinnon (father,) Port Hastings, Nova Scotia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Follows Farming
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Ladysmith, British Columbia
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Nine Elms Military Cemetery (France), I. B. II.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 181108
Highest Rank:
Private
(16th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1916-02-24 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack west of Thelus. Previously reported Wounded and Missing, now Killed in Action.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 297289
LAC ID:
157595
Service file: B6997-S036
Uploader's Notes:
attd. 3rd Tunnelling Coy.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial gives his first name as Alexander. Both his Attestation and Casualty forms give it as Alex, and that his how he signed his name.
Uploader's Research notes:
88th 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
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-03-23