Private Frank Joseph Goyer
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Goyer,
Frank Joseph
Date of birth: 1897-06-17
Place of birth: Alpena Michigan U.S.A.
Next of kin: Mrs. E. Goyer (mother,) 17 Victoria Street, London, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Address:
17 Victoria Street., London, Ontario
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Ecoivres Military Cemetery, VI. D. 4.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 226096
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge - see details below
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 65311
LAC ID:
423774
Service file: B3689-S030
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Francis and Ellen M. Goyer, of Alpena, Mich., U.S.A.
Casualty form gives date of casualty as 9/10-4-1917. He was wounded by a piece of shrapnel from an enemy high explosive shell, whilst taking part in an attack on Vimy Ridge, on the morning of April 9th, 1917. He was evacuated to No. 10 Canadian Field Ambulance where he succumbed to the effects of his wounds the same night.
He was a naturalized British subject.
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 [Private Army Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-08