Private Robert Jay Smith
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Smith,
Robert Jay
Date of birth: 1881-12-08
Place of birth: Elgin Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mary Smith, wife. Clark Manor, Alberta
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Clark Manor, Alberta
Religion: Wesleyan
Date of death:
1917-10-30
Cause of death:
Missing, presumed killed
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 24 - 28 - 30
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 624946
Highest Rank:
Private
(49th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 49th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-12-22 to 1917-10-30
- Private (Army). 1916-10-03 to 1916-12-22
- Private (Army). 1915-02-25 to 1916-10-03
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Passchendaele
Commemoration location: Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1596130
LAC ID:
240141
Service file: B9097-S047
Uploader's Notes: Son of Charles Smith and Cephronia Agnes Smith (nee Ripley); husband of Mary Smith (nee Herman) married November 13, 1906
Uploader's Research notes:
151st Battalion Nominal Roll
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 151st Battalion D Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 9th Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 49th Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-10-25