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Private Arthur Elson

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Elson, Arthur
Date of birth: 1896-08-02
Place of birth: Wolverhampton Staffordshire England
Next of kin: John Elson, father. 499 Eastern Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Tinsmith
Occupation (normalized): Tinsmith
Address: 499 Eastern Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1918-12-30
Cause of death: Died of illness
Buried: Brussels Town Cemetery, X. II. 5.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 138566
Highest Rank: Private (3rd Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-06-19 to 1918-12-30
  2. Private, 75th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-07-28 to 1916-06-18
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

Images

Tombstone of Private Elson - Brussels Town Cemetery
Tombstone of Private Elson - Brussels Town Cemetery

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 479417
LAC ID: 379057
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4
Service file: B2896-S015
Uploader's Notes:

Son of John Henry Elson and Fannie Elson (nee Blackham); younger brother of Charles Elson (Service No. 311423) and Thomas 'Tom' Elson (Service No. 862888) and older brother of George Elson (Service No. 172064)

This soldier was first assigned Service No. 138566, but for a reason not explained in the service record, he was reassigned Service No. 140067 and proceeded to mobilize to England under the latter number. On June 12, 1917, the Officer in charge of Records in London asserted a change reverting to the original Service No. It appears that the records for this soldier and for Albert Graham Elson got mixed up during the recruitment of the 75th Battalion, in which both men attested. Eventually Albert Graham Elson continued to use Service No. 140067 and was struck off from the 75th Battalion as a Deserter, but reappeared in the to the CASC. LAC has incorrectly combined the records for this soldier with Albert Graham Elson Service No. 140067

Died of appendicitis

Uploader's Research notes: Although his name appears on the 75th Battalion Nominal Roll, under incorrect Service No. 140067, it appears that there was much confusion over this man, Arthur Elson (Service No. 138566), and Albert Graham Elson (Service No. 140067), both of whom attested with the 75th Battalion in July 1915. Even the Nominal Roll has the name and service number confused [Private Army Canadian Infantry 75th Battalion B Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Died of appendicitis ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-12-18