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Corporal David Orville Hamilton

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1895-09-09
Place of birth: Bromley Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Margaret Jane Hamilton, mother. R.M.D.#4, Cobden, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1918-09-30
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Buried: Bucquoy Road Cemetery, IV. B. 44.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 410297
Highest Rank: Corporal (38th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Corporal, 38th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded March 17, 1918, Wounded September 29, 1918 at Sailly

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David Orval/Orville Hamilton
From:  Almaguin Digital Archive Collection

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 178624
LAC ID: 440641
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3978-S019
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Samuel Hamilton and Margaret Jane Hamilton of Cobden, Ontario

DIED OF WOUNDS During an attack on September 29th, 1918, and when in charge of a Lewis Gun, he was leading his Section to the attack, after having crossed the main Douai-Cambrai Road, and when in front of the village of Sailly, he was hit by a machine gun bullet which penetrated his stomach. His wound was dressed by a Stretcher Bearer who was with him and he was carried to the Regimental Aid Post, thence to No. 30 Casualty Clearing Station, where he died from his wounds the following day. (From: CEF Burial Registers)

Uploader's Research notes:


[Private Army Canadian Infantry 59th Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 38th Battalion B Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-07-25