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Private Alexander Thurlow Guppy

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1887-09-22
Place of birth: Pembroke Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Jessie Guppy, wife. Temiskaming, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Trapper
Occupation (normalized): Trapper and Hunter
Address: Temiskaming, Quebec
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1950-04-07

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 649169
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army). 1918-11-15 to 1919-01-24
  2. Private (Army). 1917-09-08 to 1918-11-15
  3. Private, 58th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-08-06 to 1917-09-08
  4. Private (Army). 1917-01-30 to 1917-08-06
  5. Private (Army). 1916-04-15 to 1917-01-30
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded August 28, 1917

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 431719
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B3890-S008
Uploader's Notes: Son of John George Guppy and Isabella Evelyn Guppy (nee McDougall); younger brother of William Henry 'Bill' Guppy (Service No. 649375); husband of Jessica 'Jessie' Guppy (nee Young) married September 11, 1911
Uploader's Research notes:

159th Battalion Nominal Roll

Death card found here shows service with 58th Battalion

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 159th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 8th Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 58th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Central Ontario Regimental Depot Private Army Canadian Infantry 8th Reserve Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-11-25
Last modified: 2021-12-23