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Private Charles Alexander

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1887-05-15
Place of birth: Newcastle New Brunswick Canada
Next of kin: wife, Mary Jane Alexander, Newcastle, New Brunswick
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address: Newcastle, New Brunswick
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 444952
Highest Rank: Private (26th Battalion)
Rank detail

Private, 26th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: VIMY RIDGE, Thelus sector. Previously reported missing, now for official purposes, presumed to have died.
Commemoration location: Newcastle

Images

26 Bn (New Brunswick)
Vimy Memorial

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1564576
LAC ID: 4045
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0077-S023
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. Date of death given as "on or since 9-4-17"
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 26th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-05-20