Lance Corporal Gilbert Blank
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1896-08-04
Place of birth: Victoria British Columbia Canada
Next of kin: Mrs Agnes Blank, Nanaimo, B.C.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Miner
Date of death:
1916-11-11
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Adanac Military Cemetery, II. I. 40.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 463601
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(47th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lance Corporal, 47th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Corporal (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: West of Le Sars
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 182912
LAC ID:
48644
Service file: B0815-S019
Uploader's Notes: At the time of death he was a Private (Acting Lance Corporal.)
Uploader's Research notes:
62nd Battalion Nominal Roll
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
[Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 62nd Battalion Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-01-16