Private Richard Back
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1896-02-08
Place of birth: Hogansburg NY U.S.A.
Next of kin: Margaret Back, mother, 193A 7th Ave. Lachine, Quebec
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Iron Worker
Occupation (normalized): Metal Processor, Specialisation Unknown
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1917-04-27
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Ecoivres Military Cemetery, VI. G. 12.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 132874
Highest Rank:
Private
(42nd Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 73rd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private, 42nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Huntingdon, Quebec (as James Back)
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 64759
LAC ID:
18846
Service file: B0328-S077
Uploader's Notes: Military Experience at the Carlisle Indian School
Uploader's Research notes: This is likely the "James Back " listed on the Huntingdon, Quebec Memorial. Occupation is hard to read on attestation papers. "Worker" is clear, word before is not. May be "Iron" [Private Army Canadian Infantry 73rd Battalion "C" Company, No 12 Platoon Private Army Canadian Infantry 42nd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20