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Private Samuel Earl Ralston

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1892-03-31
Place of birth: Orillia Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Samuel Archibald Ralston, father. Midland, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Structural Steelworker
Occupation (normalized): Metal Processor, Specialisation Unknown
Address: Midland, Ontario
Religion: Wesleyan
Date of death: 1919-06-29
Cause of death: Died of wounds

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 10811
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army). 1918-05-09 to 1918-09-05
  2. Private (Army). 1917-09-22 to 1918-05-09
  3. Private (Army). 1917-03-10 to 1917-09-22
  4. Private (Army). 1916-06-19 to 1917-03-10
  5. Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-05-03 to 1916-06-19
  6. Private, 9th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-01-28 to 1915-05-03
  7. Private, 4th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-22 to 1915-01-28
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded April 4, 1916, Wounded May 29, 1916

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 425447
LAC ID: 594943
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B8079-S018
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Samuel Archibald Ralston and Isabella Ralston (nee Cunningham); husband of Florence Evelyn Ralston (nee Leatherdale) married 1917

Discharged September 5, 1918 Medically Unfit

Died of septicaemia and meningitis

Uploader's Research notes: 4th Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 4th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre Private Army Canadian Infantry 1st Depot Battalion, 1st Central Ontario Regiment Private Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Canadian Army Medical Corps Depot Private Army Canadian Infantry 9th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion C Company Private Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Canadian Army Medical Corps Casualty Company Discharged Medically Unfit ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-07-05