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Corporal Walter Jaquin Gillam

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1890-04-02
Place of birth: Brighton Sussex England
Next of kin: George Gillam, father. 11 Clitheroe Road, Stockwell, London, S.W. England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 440343
Highest Rank: Corporal (28th Battalion)
Rank detail

Corporal, 28th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1568363
LAC ID: 413089
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3537-S025
Uploader's Notes:

Son of George Henry Gillam and Jane Gillam of Brighton, England

While with his Battalion during the advance on Thelus, he was instantly killed by the explosion of an enemy shell.

Previous service - 3 months with 105th regiment militia, Saskatoon. Private.

Uploader's Research notes:

Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

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. This gives his first name was William, rather than as Walter.

[Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 28th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-07-19