Private Matvei Betsko
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1898-07-15
Place of birth:
Next of kin: Julian Betsko, address not known, Russian Empire
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address:
Longford, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-11-06
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 10 - 26 - 28
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 868172
Highest Rank:
Private
(2nd Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 2nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Passchendaele
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 922167
LAC ID:
42208
Service file: B0705-S061
Uploader's Notes:
This soldier appears on a Ukrainian Canadian World War One Roll of Honour entitled "List of Ukrainian Canadian Fatal Casualties 1915-1921". Source: Ukrainian Canadians in Canada's Wars by Prof. V. J. Kaye, C.M., Ph.D., Toronto, Ukrainian Canadian Research Foundation, 1983. Ed. by John B. Gregorovich. The ROH is on pages 116-125.
Pte. Betsko's original military attestation has stamps across the top indicating that he was transferred from the 182nd to the 116th Battalion. The Certificate of Medical Examination was signed on April 13, 1916 at Beaverton.
Uploader's Research notes: M. I. P.
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Battalion ]
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2007-07-22