Sapper Pietre Laviola
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1887-06-08
Place of birth: Italy
Next of kin: Mario Tereso Mestro Loriso Laviola; mother; Posticcio Potenza, Italy
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Munition worker
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address:
25 Henderson Av., Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1918-10-07
Cause of death:
Died of illness
Buried:
Halifax Memorial, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 2501123
Highest Rank:
Sapper
Rank detail
Sapper (Army).
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
518194
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B5446-S023
Uploader's Notes: Died of pneumonia at sea aboard H.M.T. Huntsend.
Influenza outbreak - During the 1918 flu pandemic, the Huntsend departed Montreal on 26 September 1918 with 649 Canadian soldiers on board. Before the ship had left port, the ship's doctor had reported concerns about 15 of the passengers who were already sick with influenza and pneumonia.[8] Despite his reported concerns, the ship sailed, and five percent of the 649 Canadians died before the ship disembarked on 11 October 1918. Some, if not all, of these men were commemorated at Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial a memorial site in France. or the Halifax Memorial. Some of those infected died at a later date.
Uploader's Research notes: [Sapper Army Canadian Railway Troops Canadian Railway Troops Depot ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2021-01-01