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Private Donald Alexander Martin

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1898-02-22
Place of birth: Orangedale Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Annie McLeod - mother
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: Orangedale, Nova Scotia
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1918-02-05
Cause of death: Died of illness
Buried: Wimereux Communal Cemetery, VIII. C. 16A.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 878009
Highest Rank: Private (85th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 85th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private, 185th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

Images

grave registration from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Book At Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France
Grave of Private Donald Alexander Martin at Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 84332
LAC ID: 201446
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5974-S055
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Rod A. and Annie Gillis Martin, of Orangedale, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia.

Attested to 185th Overseas Battalion

Uploader's Research notes: According to the grave registration at Wimereux Communal Cemetery, he died at age 17 from pleurisy.
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 185th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry Nova Scotia Regiment 85th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2009-12-01