Private Eric Preston
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1890-09-21
Place of birth: Vancouver British Columbia Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. M. Preston, 736 23rd Ave E, Vancouver, BC
Marital status: single
Date of death:
1915-04-24
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, III. A. 40.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 13271
Highest Rank:
Private
(5th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 5th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Gravenstafel, Ypres
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 44811
LAC ID:
588824
Service file: B7966-S006
Uploader's Research notes: war diaries of the 5th Canadian battalion show he died of shrapnel wounds [Private Army Canadian Infantry 5th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2010-08-13