Corporal Alexander Brass
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1878-11-09
Place of birth: Shoal Lake Manitoba Canada
Next of kin: Wife, Mary Moore Brass File Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
File Hills Agency, Saskatchewan, Canada (Peepeekisis First Nations)
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1950-07-26
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 105906
Highest Rank:
Corporal
(5th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Corporal (Army).
- Private (Army).
- Corporal, 5th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Awards
Military Medal
Description: Possibly for singlehanded capture of sixty enemy soldiers. (Not verified)
Date of award: 1919-07-30
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
61395
Service file: B1021-S029
Uploader's Research notes: Cpl Alexander Brass could speak fluent Cree and Saulteaux and in 1906 moved to File Hills Farming Colony. He was a part of the Peepeekisis First Nations and he enlisted in the 68th Battalion along with other men from the area. He served in France with the 5th Battalion until he was wounded in action by a shell explosion which left him with shrapnel wounds in his right thigh. He recovered in England and arrived back in France with the 10th Canadian Railway Troops in 1917. He was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in the Field on July 30th 1919. There is no official citation that I could find but supposedly he was awarded his MM for single handedly capturing sixty enemy soldiers, but I cannot verify this. He passed away in 1950. [Corporal Army Canadian Railway Troops 10th Battalion CRT Private Army Canadian Infantry 68th Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 5th Battalion Military Medal Possibly for singlehanded capture of sixty enemy soldiers. (Not verified) ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2018-01-23
Last modified: 2018-01-23