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Private Edwin Jackson

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Jackson, Edwin
Date of birth: 1883-11-25
Place of birth: London
Next of kin: Gladys Jackson (wife,) 407 Brock Ave., Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Laborer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address: 407 Brock Ave., Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, VII. F. 12.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 669222
Highest Rank: Private (75th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 75th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army). 1916-01-19 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack at Vimy Ridge. Previously reported Missing, now Killed in Action.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 586170
LAC ID: 485104
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B4742-S038
Uploader's Notes: Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson (nee Pipher), of Haddington; husband of Gladys E. Munro (formerly Jackson), of 216, Coxwell Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Uploader's Research notes: 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

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-29