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Sergeant George Maben

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Maben, George
Date of birth: 1892-04-18
Place of birth: Crosshall Berwickshire Scotland
Next of kin: George L. Maben, father. North Red Deer, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Religion: Congregationalist
Date of death: 1919-08-01
Buried: Red Deer Cemetery, Soldiers plot

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 183708
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Rank detail
  1. Sergeant (Army).
  2. Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 170361
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5824-S046
Uploader's Notes:

Served with the 35th Central Alberta Regiment, Canadian Militia. The Red Deer Advocate, February 21, 1919 edition, wrote in their Local Happenings section that he was married at Falkirk, Scotland, the previous week, to Miss Agnes Orr of that town and expected to be back in Red Deer the following month.

His brother, Lance Sergeant William Maben, 466951, 49th Battalion, Military Medal, died October 1st, 1918.

Red Deer News, 05 September 1917, pg. 1:

The following casualties have been reported since our last issue in this district:
Pte. Geo. Maben, wounded.

Pte. Maben is reported wounded in the left arm.

Another letter, written to his mother on November 21st, 1918, appeared in the Red Deer Advocate - link to letter.

Uploader's Research notes:

Updated by S V Pearson, Stettler, Alberta, February 10, 2016

See Find A Grave Red Deer Cemetery for obituary. Died accidently.

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 89th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 8th Canadian Machine Gun Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2005-08-28
Last modified: 2022-03-14