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Private Harry Arthur Blashill

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1892-07-10
Place of birth: Aylmer Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mina Blashill (wife,) Aylmer, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Butcher
Occupation (normalized): Butcher, General
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 190193
Highest Rank: Private (73rd Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 73rd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army). 1916-03-31 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: During operations at Vimy Ridge, this soldier was killed by enemy shell fire.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1565375
LAC ID: 48680
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0815-S054
Uploader's Notes:

Son of George and Catherine Blashill, of Aylmer West, Ontario; husband of Mina Pendlebury (formerly Blashill), of 1043, Keifer Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

Previous military experience with the 1st Hussars, London, Ontario

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 91st Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 73rd Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-06-08