Private Patrick Gillen
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1888-05-16
Place of birth: Madoc Ont. Canada
Next of kin: Dan Gillen (father), Madoc, Ontario, Canada
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Macleod, Alberta
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Bois-Carre British Cemetery, VI. B. 16.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 228343
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
- Trooper (Army).
- Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge. Previously reported wounded and missing, now killed in action.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 618150
LAC ID:
413073
Service file: B3537-S009
Uploader's Notes: Original overseas unit 13th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field September 21, 1916. Killed at Vimy ridge.
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 [Trooper Army Canadian Mounted Rifles 13th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-07