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Private John Watson Learie

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1884-11-01
Place of birth: Scotland
Next of kin: James Leary. 106 McLean Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Mesurer de Bois
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Zivy Crater, Thelus, Panel 5. Col.2.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 749318
Highest Rank: Private (24th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 24th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army). 1916-04-05 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed during an attack on Vimy Ridge

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 522644
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5489-S027
Uploader's Notes: Newspaper clipping on CVWM gives his occupation as lumber inspector at Montreal.
Uploader's Research notes:

Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database

CVWM

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 117th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 24th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2016-01-16