Sergeant Alexander McCubbin
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1896-06-11
Place of birth: Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland
Next of kin: brother, E. McCubbin, 2438-20th Ave., Rosemount, Montreal, Quebec.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Machinist
Occupation (normalized): Metalworking Machine Setter-Operator, General
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 66204
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
(24th Battalion)
Rank detail
Sergeant, 24th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack South West of Vimy
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 1570941
LAC ID:
142277
Service file: B6672-S043
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Mrs. Mary McCubbin, of 4717, Delorimier Avenue, Montreal.
Previous service: 3 1/2 months V.R. Montreal
Two Attestation Papers are on LAC: first dated Oct 23, 1914 and the second Apr 8, 1915.
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 [Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 24th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-08-11