Private Melbourne Holland Titus
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Titus,
Melbourne Holland
Date of birth: 1898-08-12
Place of birth: Freeport Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: father: Isaac Titus, Freeport, Nova Scotia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Fisherman
Occupation (normalized): Deep-Sea Fisherman
Address:
Freeport, Digby Co., Nova Scotia
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1919-04-02
Cause of death:
Died after the war of related injuries/illness
Buried:
Freeport (Valley) Cemetery, I. 84.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 283173
Highest Rank:
Private
(85th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 85th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-03-29 to 1917-05-31
- Private (Army). 1916-03-13 to 1917-03-29
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 2754976
LAC ID:
277009
Service file: B9709-S011
Uploader's Notes:
Melbourne Holland Titus, a son of Isaac Lewis Titus, of Freeport, Nova Scotia, and the late Mary Emma McDormand.
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 219th Battalion which embarked for England on the SS Olympic on October 12, 1916. His death certificate shows cause of death to be Tuberculosis which he had for three months.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 219th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 85th Battalion Removed from the active roll due to illness. ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-30
Last modified: 2008-10-04