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Private George Bronquest

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1875-10-25
Place of birth: Galesburg Illinois U.S.A.
Next of kin: Edward Bronquest, Portland, U.S.A.(Brother)
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Powder Mixer
Occupation (normalized): Other Production and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Died of wounds

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 1346
Rank detail

Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: During the operations on VIMY RIDGE, this soldier was wounded on the wrist by enemy shrapnel. He was ordered to proceed to the rear, but on his way out was again wounded by shell fire and died shortly after.
Awards

Distinguished Conduct Medal

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 618498
LAC ID: 65796
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1096-S035
Uploader's Notes:

Original overseas unit: 17th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field December 1914. Wounded April 26, 1916. Was wounded at Vimy Ridge April 9, 1917 and died the same day.

Prior service in South Africa w/ 1st Imperial Light Horse Reg#1260

His Circumstances of Casualty form gives his date of death as 9/10-4-17.

DCM - London Gazette #29438 Pg.#615. Citation LG#39503 Pg.#2739.

Medal card of Bronquest, G.

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

LAC currently (June 2014) has his name indexed as George Bronquist with an "i." Correction has been submitted.

** Edit Aug 2018 ** George’s birth name is "Galbraith Brunquist " according on Ancestry - 1880 United States Federal Census & Family Tree. His last name is Swedish.

[Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2018-08-19