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Private Alphonsus Joseph Martin

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1885-05-31
Place of birth: Chatham Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Joseph Alex Martin, father. Veteran, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: Veteran, Alberta
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1917-11-18
Cause of death: Died of wounds

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 228303
Rank detail
  1. Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
  2. Trooper (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Passchendaele

Images

Headstone of grave of 228303 Alphonsus Joseph Martin, Clacton cemetery, Essex, U.K.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 2757193
LAC ID: 135961
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5970-S001
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Joseph Alex Martin and Mary Ann Martin (nee Doyle) of Veteran, Alberta; older brother of Nursing Sister Irene Mary Watson (nee Martin)

Original overseas unit 13th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field March 6, 1917.

Uploader's Research notes: [Trooper Army Canadian Infantry 13th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-05
Last modified: 2022-02-20