Private Robert Fountain McLuckie

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: McLuckie, Robert Fountain

Date of birth: 1895-10-17

Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada

Next of kin: Mr. & Mrs. Peter McLuckie, Parents, 50 Harvard Av., Toronto, Ontario

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Commercial Traveller

Occupation (normalized): Commercial Traveller

Religion: Presbyterian

Date of death: 1916-05-22

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, VI. G. 15.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 475971

Highest Rank: Private

Rank detail

Private (Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 490168

Uploader's Notes:

Son of Bathia McLuckie, of 50, Harvard Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, and the late Peter McLuckie. Signed on as a member of the 3rd University Company.

Transcription of a Toronto Star article published 31 May 1916, pg. 5, which included Pte. McLuckie's photograph:

HERO WAS A PARKDALE BOY
Pte. Robt. F. McLuckie Officially Reported "Killed in Action."

Pte. Robert F. McLuckie, of 50 Harvard avenue, youngest son, of Mr. and Mrs. Peter McLuckie, has been killed in action. Word was received from Ottawa Tuesday.

Pte. McLuckie, enlisted last July with the McGill University draft to reinforce the Princess Patricias. He was born in Toronto, 20 years ago and was educated at Parkdale Collegiate. He was also a member of the High Park Athletic Club and a member of the 1914 team of Parkdale Collegiate. He was going to school when he enlisted. Pte. McLuckie was one of Parkdale's brightest young men and was a member of Cowan Avenue Presbyterian Church.

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 3rd Machine Gun Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2017-02-13