Private Hugh Murray Dunbar
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Dunbar,
Hugh Murray
Date of birth: 1883-01-21
Place of birth: Girvan Ayrshire Scotland
Next of kin: Jessie Dunbar, Sister, 963 Govan Road, Glasgow, Scotland.
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): Electrician
Occupation (normalized): Electrician, General
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1915-04-23
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 29438
Highest Rank:
Private
(16th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed in fighting around St Julian north west of Ypres at the start of The 2nd Battle of Ypres.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 1591897
LAC ID:
366060
Service file: B2725-S027
Uploader's Notes:
This man had previously served in the 91st Regiment.
He had been a scout in Troop No. 3 (Girvan) in Scotland.
The war diary states that the battalion were involved in fighting in a wood to the west of St Julian in the early hours of the 23rd April.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from attestation papers, war diary and HQ Scout Gazette. This man is also on the CWGC Site. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2010-07-28