Private George Edgar Russell
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Russell,
George Edgar
Date of birth: 1891-05-08
Place of birth: Ottawa Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. A. W. Russell (mother), 49 Patterson Ave.. Ottawa, Ontario
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Jansen Saskatchewan
Religion: Plymouth Brethern
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, VIII. S. 29.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 148762
Highest Rank:
Private
(78th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 78th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack southeast of SOUCHEZ. Previously reported missing, now for official purposes presumed to have died.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 583904
LAC ID:
617938
Service file: B8555-S001
Uploader's Notes: Son of Andrew Wallace and Elizabeth Russell of 69 Mackay St., Ottawa, Ontario.
Uploader's Research notes:
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial
Served 7 months #3 Co. Canadian Engineers prior to attestation.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.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-17