Lance Corporal Osmond Glorieux Geernaert
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Geernaert,
Osmond Glorieux
Date of birth: 1893-12-31
Place of birth: Colchester Essex England
Next of kin: Sergeant Osmond William Geernaert, father. 48th Battalion
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Lumber Trader
Address:
Work Point Barracks, Esquimalt, British Columbia
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1916-10-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 478907
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(Royal Canadian Regiment)
Rank detail
Lance Corporal, Royal Canadian Regiment (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Courcelette
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 320693
LAC ID:
409378
Service file: B3463A-S062
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Osmond William Geernaert (Service No. 430527) and Alice Maud Geernaert of Prince George, British Columbia.
Served four years with the United States Marine Corps. Originally enlisted with the RCR on 12-10-1915 and reattested on 12-03-1916.
Uploader's Research notes: [Lance-Corporal Army Canadian Infantry Royal Canadian Regiment ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-03-04