Private Herbert A McLeod
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1896-09-05
Place of birth: Edmonton Alberta Canada
Next of kin: Angus McLeod (father), Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Student
Occupation (normalized): Other Professional, Technical and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension, III. C. 3.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 475970
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: After the final objective had been taken and while on an advanced post with his Lewis gun crew, during the attack on Vimy Ridge on the of 9th, April 1917, he was hit and killed by an enemy rifle bullet.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 563978
LAC ID:
156268
Service file: B7081-S016
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Angus G. and Ema Jane McLeod, of Ponoka, Alberta. Original overseas unit 3rd University Company. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field March 19, 1916. Wounded October 3, 1916.
His initial "A" comes from his Casualty form.
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 [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-03-24