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Private Alexander McGraw

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1897-03-15
Place of birth: St. Isadore Gloucester County New Brunswick Canada
Next of kin: Alexander McGrath Sr. (father,) St. Isadore, Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address: St. Isadore, Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 7.B. 10

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 793180
Highest Rank: Private (87th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army). 1915-12-21 ?
  2. Private, 87th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack south east of Souchez

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 2954802
LAC ID: 149091
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B6856-S052
Uploader's Notes: At the time of his enlistment he was active in an unnamed 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 [Private Army Canadian Infantry 132nd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 87th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2014-03-23
Last modified: 2014-03-23