Private Russell Reginald Westhaver
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Westhaver,
Russell Reginald
Date of birth: 1894-08-08
Place of birth: Maders Cove Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Mrs Clara Westhaver, mother, Maders Cove, NS
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-09-02
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Dury Mill British Cemetery, 1 A 26
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 222981
Highest Rank:
Private
(85th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 85th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Scarpe (DQ line)
Commemoration location: Mahone Bay, NS
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 254008
LAC ID:
289782
Service file: B10247-S042
Uploader's Notes: Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 85th Battalion.
Uploader's Research notes:
62 ORs were killed on 2 Sep 1918 during an attack on German positions at Scarpe, we can assume Russell was amongst the dead. The attck broke the German Drocourt-Queant line (DQ line)
From CWGC : "In August, 1918, Dury was behind the German defence system known as the Drocourt-Queant line; but on the 2nd September this line was broken by the Canadian and XVII Corps, and Dury village and the hill just South of it (Mont Dury, or Dury Ridge) were captured. The Mill (Moulin Damiens) stood beside the road from Dury to Villers-les-Cagnicourt, and was destroyed. The cemetery was begun by Canadian units on the 5th September, 1918, and closed sixteen days later"
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 85th Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2009-01-02
Last modified: 2011-01-01