Sapper Gordon Rhind Leslie
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Leslie,
Gordon Rhind
Date of birth: 1893-08-29
Place of birth: Aberdeen Scotland
Next of kin: Mrs Margarite Leslie,mother, Newcastle, New Brunswick
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address:
Newcastle, New Brunswick
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-10-16
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 69520
Highest Rank:
Sapper
Rank detail
- Sapper (Army).
- Private, 26th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-11-06 ?
- Sapper (Army). 1916-01-01 to 1918-10-16
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Newcastle, NB
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 326964
LAC ID:
526521
Service file: B5592-S019
Uploader's Notes:
Son of the late John and Margaret Stables Leslie, of Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada.
14 Aug 1918 - The World : notes that he had been wounded
He was probably one of the six men wounded by shell fire on 1 Aug 1918 as the unit was working north of the Vimy area (see war diary entry)
Died of wounds while in hospital in Aberdeen
Uploader's Research notes: [Sapper Army Canadian Railway Troops 5th Battalion, CRT Private Army Canadian Infantry 26th Battalion Sapper Army Canadian Railway Troops 5th Battalion, CRT ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2010-03-31