Private Newton Arthur Heard
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Heard,
Newton Arthur
Date of birth: 1897-10-01
Place of birth: Blanchard Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Louisa Heard (mother,) R.R.#1, St. Mary’s, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
St. Mary’s, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 1 .B. 10.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 138768
Highest Rank:
Private
(75th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 75th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-11-22 to 1917-04-09
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He took part in an attack on Vimy Ridge, and was killed instantaneously by an enemy bullet while crossing “No Man’s Land.”
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 2954649
LAC ID:
453662
Service file: B4213-S006
Uploader's Notes: Son of John F. Heard and Louise Heard, of St. Marys, Ontario, Canada.
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 75th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2014-09-10
Last modified: 2014-09-10