Private John Charles Cole
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Cole,
John Charles
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
- Private (Army).
- 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
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