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Private Arthur Hamm

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Hamm, Arthur
Date of birth: 1888-10-28
Place of birth: Doon Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Eliza Hamm (mother,) Doon, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Laborer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Buried: Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery, II. B. 22.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 730326
Highest Rank: Private (4th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 4th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army). 1916-01-06 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: When employed on a carrying party during the attack on Vimy Ridge he was wounded by a shell. He was attended to and removed to No. 1 Canadian Field Ambulance where he died shortly afterwards.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 305212
LAC ID: 441937
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3993-S016
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 111th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 4th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-10