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Private William Harold Muldrew

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1897-10-27
Place of birth: Gravenhurst Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Jennie Muldrew, Mother, Red Deer, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Teacher
Occupation (normalized): Teacher, Level and Subject Unknown
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 183757
Highest Rank: Private (102nd Battalion)
Rank detail

Private, 102nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: While going “over the top” with his Company in an attack on Vimy Ridge he was hit in the stomach by a machine gun bullet and instantly killed

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 618564
LAC ID: 206324
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B6467-S019
Uploader's Notes:

Son of William Hawthorne Muldrew and Jean Muldrew, of 105, Brighton Avenue, Ottawa. Born at Gravenhurst, Ontario.

Red Deer News, 11 July 1917, pg. 7:

He regretted the death of the Red Deer boys. Poor Harold Muldrew was killed while going over the top with his Lewis gun. He was hit by a piece of shrapnel just below the chest and died almost immediately, suffering no pain. Paul Steele was in Blighty (North Wales somewhere). Percy Lagrow was the only one left in the 102nd of their bunch. Bill was lucky enough to come through it too. He did not expect to get leave until fall.

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 102nd Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-08-16