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Private William Mitchell

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1891-05-08
Place of birth: Ellon Abeerdeenshire Scotland
Next of kin: Mary Mitchell, Mother, Vulcan, Alberta, Canada.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: Vulcan, Alberta, Canada.
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-11-16
Cause of death: Died of wounds

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 696990
Highest Rank: Private (31st Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army). 1916-07-10 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Listed as wounded in the attack on Passchendaele November 1917.
Commemoration location: Aberdeen City Roll of Honour & Aberdeen Grammar School RoH

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 137167
LAC ID: 182685
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B6265-S043
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Robert and Mary Mitchell, of Calgary, Canada; late of Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Son of Robert and Mary Mitchell, of Calgary, Canada; late of Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

On the CWGC site this man is listed as army no. 69699 however on the attestation papers he is listed as 696990. In the Canadian Archives 69699 comes back to a Fred MacDougall. The CWGC site also lists his next of kin as the same on the attestation papers and so it must bne the same man.

The cemetery this man is buried at was used by various clearing station around the time he was listed in the war diary as wounded. Therefore it is highly likely that he was evacuated from the battle field when wounded to the clearing station and died there which is about 10 miles from the battle field,

Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation papers and the war diary. This man is also on the CWGC site. Aberdeen Grammar School Roll of Honour. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 175th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion B ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2009-08-27