Sergeant Walter Mitchell
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1881-01-22
Place of birth: Aberdeen Scotland
Next of kin: Jean Mitchell,wife 12 Barker St Norwood Park London Ont
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Lineman
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-09-30
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Haynecourt British Cemetery, II. A. 8.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 401561
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
Rank detail
Sergeant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 522375
LAC ID:
182615
Service file: B6264-S030
Uploader's Notes: Son of William and Susan Mitchell, of Sunnyside, South Quilquox, Ellon, Aberdeenshire; husband of Mary Jane Mitchell (nee Pratt), of 20, Robert St., Arbroath, Scotland.
Uploader's Research notes:
SGT Mitchell was with his section in a trench North East of Haynecourt waiting to make the next move forward, when he was hit in the face and neck by shrapnel from an enemy shell.
He died 3 minutes later.
[Sergeant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1st Machine Gun Company ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-10-10