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Private Eldon Leroy Morine

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1890-10-10
Place of birth: Bear River Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Annie Morine (Mother), Bear River, Nova Scotia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Lumberman
Occupation (normalized): Logger (General)
Address: Bear River, Nova Scotia
Religion: Baptist
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 1.C.21.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 283557
Highest Rank: Private (85th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 85th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-12-28 ?
  2. Private (Army). 1916-05-26 to 1916-12-28
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack South East of Souchez (Vimy Ridge)
Commemoration location: Bear River NS Mount Hope cemetery family plot

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 2954868
LAC ID: 204288
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B6375-S002
Uploader's Notes: Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 219th Battalion. Son of Stephen and Annie Morine, of Bear River, Digby Co., Nova Scotia.
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 219th Battalion C Private Army Canadian Infantry 85th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-07-07
Last modified: 2014-08-15