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Lance Corporal Elmer Ellsworth Rosa

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1895-12-13
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Annie Rosa (mother), Gravelboourg, Saskatchewan
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-11-01
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, XXI. FF. 6.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 252599
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army). 1916-03-24 ?
  2. Lance Corporal, 102nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). ? to 1917-11-01
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: (Shell wound, back) No. 10 Casualty Clearing Station

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 432795
LAC ID: 609172
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B8454-S026
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Charles Edward and Annie Elizabeth Rosa of Kincaid, Saskatchewan.

Older brother of Private Edward George Rosa 252889 killed at Vimy Ridge.

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

Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 209th Battalion Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 102nd Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-15