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Private John Charles Cole

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1893-09-24
Place of birth: Newfoundland
Next of kin: Mrs. John C. Cole (wife,) Victoria Valley, Newfoundland
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Laborer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address: Victoria Valley, Newfoundland
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 1075145
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army).
  2. Sapper (Army). 1916-06-02 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: While acting as a stretcher bearer he was struck in the chest by a piece of a high explosive shell and killed, about 2.00 p.m. on April 9th, 1917

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1566481
LAC ID: 108909
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1852-S013
Uploader's Notes: Husband of Matilda Cole, of Victoria, Newfoundland.
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 [Sapper Army Canadian Engineers 4th Pioneer Battalion Private Army Canadian Engineers 67th Pioneer Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-09