Corporal Walter Jaquin Gillam
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Gillam,
Walter Jaquin
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
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CWGC ID: 1568363
LAC ID:
413089
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