Private Robert Gordon Cran
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Cran,
Robert Gordon
Date of birth: 1896-02-16
Place of birth: Aberdeen Scotland
Next of kin: Robert George Cran (father,) 1630 Victoria Dr; Vancouver British Columbia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Missing, presumed killed
Buried:
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, LX. D. 20.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 129441
Highest Rank:
Private
(72nd Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 72nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge. Previously reported Missing, now for official purposes presumed to have died
Commemoration location: Aberdeen City Roll of Honour
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 585355
LAC ID:
123867
Service file: B2110-S043
Uploader's Notes:
1917 Son of Mr. R. G. Cran, of 2913, Woodland Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia.
On his Burial Registration his date of death is given as "On or since 9-4-17"
Uploader's Research notes:
72nd Battalion Nominal Roll
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 72nd Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-10