Lieutenant Leo McKinnon
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1887-03-02
Place of birth: Sydney Mines Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Hector McKinnon, Revelstoke, British Columbia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Merchant
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Nine Elms Military Cemetery (France), I. D. 25.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 77538
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(7th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack South West of Thelus
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 297291
LAC ID:
155931
Service file: B7006-S022
Uploader's Notes: At the time of enlistment he was active in "D" 102nd R.M.R. militia
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
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial identifies Leo McKinnon as the same one born in Sydney Mills, Nova Scotia on Mar 2, 1887.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-03-23