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Private James Pierce Lines

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1896-05-29
Place of birth: Victoria British Columbia Canada
Next of kin: Mrs D E Johnstone, Mother, 170 Olive Street, Victoria, BC., Canada.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Teamster
Occupation (normalized): Animal-Drawn Vehicle Driver (Road)
Address: 170 Olive Street, Victoria, BC., Canada.
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 180806
Highest Rank: Private (19th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army). 1915-11-12 ?
  2. Private, 19th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack in vicinity of Neuville St. Vaast. (Vimy Ridge)

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 533686
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5659-S002
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Mrs. D. E. Johnston (formerly Lines), of Victoria, British Columbia, and the late Edward Lines. Panel 6. Col.

The 19th Battalion were part of the 4th Canadian Brigade. Their objectives in the battle were to take the front and support German lines and then to take the Black line of the attack. At this point they were relieved by other battalions which came through them to take the red line.

This man is the brother of John Lines 180264 who apparently survived the war.

Uploader's Research notes:

Info from the attestation papers, the 19th Battalion war diary and this man is on the CWGC site.

88th Battalion Nominal Roll

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 88th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 19th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2014-08-05