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Private O’Kain Shaw

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Shaw, O’Kain
Date of birth: 1893-07-15
Place of birth: Sutherland Scotland
Next of kin: Alexander Shaw, father. Tongue House, Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Auto Maker
Occupation (normalized): Other Production and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1916-10-01
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 491282
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army). 1916-06-07 to 1916-10-01
  2. Private (Army). 1915-09-25 to 1916-06-07
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Courcelette
Commemoration location: Vimy Memorial, France

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1575653
LAC ID: 224367
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B8823-S033
Uploader's Notes: Son of Alex Shaw of Tongue House, Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland
Uploader's Research notes:

Source: The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1914 - 1919 (1926, Captain S.G.Bennett) http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/u?/cmh,39960

http://www.4cmr.com/index.htm War Diaries

http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/index.html Nominal Rolls

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 33rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 4th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-06-07