Private James Douglas Shearer
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Shearer,
James Douglas
Place of birth: Canada
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): banker
Date of death:
1918-08-16
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Boves West Communal Cemetery Extension, A. II.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 1042029
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: Parvillers
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 587242
LAC ID:
224888
Service file: B8832-S044
Uploader's Notes: Son of E. S. and Annie Shearer of Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan. Original overseas unit 240th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field December 5, 1917.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry No. 3 Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-21