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Private Roderick McAskill

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1882-07-16
Place of birth: Inverness Scotland
Next of kin: father,Hector McAskill,9 Fire Street,Inverness, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1916-06-03
Buried: Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 18 - 28 - 30

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 429230
Highest Rank: Private (7th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 47th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-03-17 ?
  2. Private, 7th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: attack on Hill 60 (Zillebeke)

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1593979
LAC ID: 140688
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B6626-S024
Uploader's Notes: Prior service with 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. Son of Hector and Christina McAskill, of 9, Friars St., Inverness, Scotland.

CEF Burial Registers - Previously reported Missing, believed Killed, now for official purposes presumed to have died on or since 3-6-16. One comrade states that he saw him lying in "No Man's Land" badly wounded during the attack on Hill 60, Zillebeke, and another comrade states that he was killed in this action. Exhaustive enquiries have been made, but nothing that can be authenticated is known of what ultimately befell him.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion 2nd Reinforcing Draft Private Army Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2011-11-30