Private Arthur Ewart Jacobs
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Jacobs,
Arthur Ewart
Date of birth: 1891-10-06
Place of birth: Minnesing Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Frank Jacobs (father,) Adanac, Saskatchewan
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer and Hockey Player
Address:
Adanac, Saskatchewan
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, B. 50.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 907177
Highest Rank:
Private
(102nd Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 102nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: While taking part in the attack on Vimy Ridge, he was it and instantly killed by a fragment of an enemy shell
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 618536
LAC ID:
482124
Service file: B4760-S054
Uploader's Notes: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jacobs of Adanac, Saskatchewan; husband of Ethel Anderson Jacobs.
Uploader's Research notes:
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial
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
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-29