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Private John Richard Aaron

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1895-06-08
Place of birth: Liverpool England
Next of kin: Emily Aaron (mother,) No. 2 Priory Mount?, Liverpool, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Laborer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 144955
Highest Rank: Private (87th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 87th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army). 1915-08-24 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge Operations. See details below

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1564500
LAC ID: 10
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: V0001-S010
Uploader's Notes:

Son of William John and Emily Aaron, of Everton, Liverpool, England.

According to his casualty form he died "On or since 9-4-1917... Previously reported Missing, now for official purposes presumed to have DIED in the attack on Vimy Ridge, April 9th, 1917...VIMY RIDGE OPERATIONS, 87th Bn. attacking from positions in S.20.B. to objective in S.22.a. in Sheet 36c.S.W."

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 39th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 87th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2014-03-01
Last modified: 2014-03-02