Private Leslie Nickle
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1896-03-24
Place of birth: Madoc Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. E E. Nickle (mother) Madoc, Ontario Canada
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Student
Occupation (normalized): Other Professional, Technical and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Address:
Madoc, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1916-11-18
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Adanac Military Cemetery, IV. B. 1.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 219117
Highest Rank:
Private
(75th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 75th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Courcellette Desire Trench
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 183755
LAC ID:
561715
Service file: B7325-S065
Uploader's Notes: Son of Thomas L. and Eleanor E. Nickle, of Madoc, Ontario.
Uploader's Research notes:
C.E.F. Burial Register
"Killed in Action
Whilst with his company shortly before reaching the enemy positions, during an attack at Desire Trench, Courcellette, at about 6:10 a.m. on November 18 1916, he was shot through the heart and instantly killed by a machine gun bullet"
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 75th Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2012-10-17