Sergeant Alexander McLeod
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1880-05-30
Place of birth: Scotland
Next of kin: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Marital status: no data
Date of death:
1917-06-26
Cause of death:
Died in war, unknown cause
Buried:
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, II A. 13.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 153614
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
(43rd Battalion)
Rank detail
Sergeant, 43rd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Aberdeen City Roll of Honour
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 80739
LAC ID:
156142
Service file: B7071-S006
Uploader's Notes: Born on 30 May 1880 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Son of John and Margaret McLeod of Abderdeen, Scotland. He enlisted at Winnipeg, Manitoba on 9 August 1915, joining the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada. He was single and employed as a teamster. He arrived at East Sandling, England on 4 November 1915. He embarked for France on 20 February 1916. He was appointed Acting Corporal on 29 November 1916 and promoted to Sergeant on 15 January 1917. In 2003, his name was found carved in one of the walls of the Goodman Tunnel under the Vimy Monument.
Uploader's Research notes: Aberdeen City Roll of Honour: Ottawa. [Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 43rd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20