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Private Joseph Anderson

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1879-02-05
Place of birth: Durham Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Joseph Anderson (wife,) Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Sailor
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 184183
Highest Rank: Private (10th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 10th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army). 1915-12-28 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: This soldier was killed by enemy shrapnel at the NINE ELMS about 1/2 mile past our front trenches during the capture of VIMY RIDGE

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 50504
LAC ID: 9013
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0160-S019
Uploader's Notes: Youngest son of Annie Anderson, of 127, 13 St., West, Owen Sound, Ontario, and the late James Anderson.
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 89th Battalion, Alberta Private Army Canadian Infantry 10th Battalion, Canadians ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-01-19