Private Roscoe Devitt
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1881-01-05
Place of birth: Michigan U.S.A.
Next of kin: Ethel Lillian Devitt, wife. Delhi, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Glove Cutter
Occupation (normalized): Other Tailors, Dressmakers, Sewers, Upholsterers and Related Workers
Address:
Delhi, Ontario
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1917-08-19
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 797594
Highest Rank:
Private
(29th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 29th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-05-28 to 1917-08-19
- Private, 123rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-02-02 to 1917-05-28
- Private (Army). 1916-11-12 to 1917-02-02
- Private (Army). 1916-10-16 to 1916-11-12
- Corporal (Army). 1916-09-01 to 1916-10-16
- Private (Army). 1916-02-12 to 1916-09-01
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Lens
Commemoration location: Vimy Memorial, France
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1567169
LAC ID:
352759
Service file: B2488-S033
Uploader's Notes: Son of Aaron Keller Devitt and Mary Devitt (nee Swartz); husband of Ethel Lillian Devitt (nee Kellum) married February 13, 1907; father of Helen Mabel, Earle Bruce and Ruth Lenora Devitt
Uploader's Research notes:
Circumstances of Death
133rd Battalion Nominal Roll
[Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 133rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 123rd Battalion D Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 133rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 133rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 29th Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2015-08-15