Lieutenant D’Arcy Albert Latimer
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Latimer,
D’Arcy Albert
Date of birth: 1894-03-28
Place of birth: Ottawa Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Ottawa district 293 Echo Drive, Ottawa, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Address:
293 Echo Drive, Ottawa, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1966-12-27
Buried:
Beechwood Cemetery (Ottawa), 69 or 70
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 8162
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
- Lieutenant (Army). 1918-05-06 to 1919-07-05
- Sergeant (Army). 1917-03-11 to 1918-05-05
- Sergeant (Army). 1916-08-08 to 1917-03-10
- Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-10-26 to 1916-08-08
- Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-22 to 1914-10-26
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded April 24, 1915 at St. Julien
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
517570
Service file: B5422-S052
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Albert Edward Latimer and Mary Elizabeth 'Bertha' Latimer (nee Wright); husband of Doris Adele Latimer (nee Latimer) married November 15, 1930; husband of Marie Edith Agathe Latimer (nee Benard)
Reported wounded missing and Prisoner of War April 24, 1915, escaped from Giessen PoW Camp July 16, 1916 and made his way back to England, arriving August 8, 1916. Diagnosed as 'Sick-mental-severe-neurasthenia', admitted to Queen Alexandra Military Hospital in London. Invalided to Canada. Discharged May 5, 1918 to accept a Commission in the 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment
A summary of his POW experiences can be found here .
Uploader's Research notes: 2nd Battalion Nominal Roll [Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Battalion C Company Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot Discharged to accept a Commission Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Battalion F Company Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2009-02-05
Last modified: 2020-10-20