Lieutenant Laurence Henderson Gass
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Gass,
Laurence Henderson
Date of birth: 1890-10-31
Place of birth: Amherst Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: J. B. Gass (father,) Iroquois, Ontario
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): Dominion Land Surveyor
Occupation (normalized): Draughtsman, General
Address:
224 Mountain St., Montreal, Quebec
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-08
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Barlin Communal Cemetery, I. H. 77.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
- Lieutenant (Army).
- Lieutenant (Army). 1916-03-15 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Schrapnel wound thigh, right, fractured femur. Died at No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 469968
LAC ID:
410861
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B3436-S027
Uploader's Notes:
Son of J. B. and Elizabeth T. Gass, of Montreal, Canada.
Previous service: Montreal Heavy Brigade C - militia
CVWM includes a letter regarding his death and describes his activities leading up to the attack on Vimy Ridge. He had served as an artillery observer during the bombardment prior to the attack, and supervised the laying of artillery communication lines on April 7th, the day before he was wounded and subsequently died.
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 [Lieutenant Army Canadian Garrison Artillery 2nd Reinforcement, Siege and Heavy Artillery Lieutenant Army Canadian Garrison Artillery 5th Siege Battery ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-08-22