Sapper Wilmot York
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1889-04-01
Place of birth: Sutton Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mabel York, wife. Burk’s Falls, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address:
Burk’s Falls, Ontario
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1918-11-01
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Brookwood Military Cemetery, III. G. 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 657398
Highest Rank:
Sapper
Rank detail
- Sapper (Army). 1918-10-12 to 1918-11-01
- Sapper (Army). 1918-06-05 to 1918-10-12
- Pioneer (Army). 1916-12-01 to 1918-06-05
- Private (Army). 1916-01-14 to 1916-11-30
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded October 2, 1918 at Cambrai
Commemoration location: Burk’s Falls War Memorial
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 399573
LAC ID:
330610
Service file: B10640-S053
Uploader's Notes: Son of Richard York and Elizabeth Arhodea 'Betsy' York (nee West); older brother of William York (Service No. 453714) and Hector York (Service No. 453153); husband of Mabel York (nee Woodard, later Barclay) of Toronto, Ontario
Uploader's Research notes: 162nd Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 162nd Battalion Pioneer Army Canadian Engineers 2nd Pioneer Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 162nd Battalion Sapper Army Canadian Engineers 2nd Pontoon Bridging and Transportation Unit Sapper Army Canadian Engineers Canadian Engineers Regimental Depot ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-10-15