Private Alexander Gallant
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1895-07-28
Place of birth: St. Alexes Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Caroline Gallant (mother,) St. Alexes, Quebec
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
St. Alexes, Quebec
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Grave C.C. 4. Neuville-St. Vaast Mem. 6.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 684502
Highest Rank:
Private
(42nd Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 42nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He was killed by shell fire during an attack on Vimy Ridge
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 618142
LAC ID:
455772
Service file: B3377-S033
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 Infantry 42nd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-18