Sergeant Henry Leary
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1887-05-28
Place of birth: Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Charlotte Faubel, “Roseve”, Rockland County, U.S.A.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Blacksmith
Occupation (normalized): Blacksmith, General
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Zivy Crater, Thelus, I.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 141018
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
(18th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Sergeant, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1915-08-02 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: During the attack at Vimy Ridge he was hit in the chest and instantly killed by shrapnel from an enemy shell.
Awards
Military Medal
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
522707
Service file: B5490-S030
Uploader's Notes:
AKA Harry Lieb. Attestation Paper and Circumstances of Casualty form were both under the name above, but an annotation on the Attestation was made that his true name was Harry Lieb.
Previous service: Field Artillery, U.S.A. Army - 10 years
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
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 76th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion ee Military Medal ]
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 76th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion ee Military Medal ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2021-07-31