Sapper John Galna
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1879-08-14
Place of birth:
Marital status: no data
Date of death:
1918-11-28
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery, I. F. 12.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 669147
Highest Rank:
Sapper
Rank detail
Sapper (Army).
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 577474
LAC ID:
406813
Service file: B3387-S058
Uploader's Notes: While driving a wagon on november 271918, and when within 200 yards of the camp, one of the mules kicked a mills bomb lying on the road, and the explosion there from so severely wounded him in the face and hands, that he died at No. 4 canadian casualty clearing station the following day.
Uploader's Research notes: [Sapper Army Canadian Engineers 4th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2012-03-27