Private Frank Lewis Portmore
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Portmore,
Frank Lewis
Date of birth: 1874-09-22
Place of birth: Canada
Next of kin: Mrs A. Buist, 74 King St., St John West, N.B.
Marital status: no data
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 1.A.53
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 760197
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
- Private (Army). 1915-11-18 ?
- Private (Army). ? to 1917-04-09
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He was killed by shell fire while taking part in the attack on Vimy Ridge. Previously reported Missing, now Killed in Action.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
579199
Service file: B7917-S007
Uploader's Notes: Son of Harry Portmore and Amelia E. Buist (formerly Portmore) of 79, Market Place, West Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Uploader's Research notes:
121st 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
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2009-02-01
Last modified: 2014-04-04