Circumstances of Casualty: Previously reported missing, now killed in action. He was last seen in the “jumping off” trench prior to an attack in front of Petit Fontaine, near Cambrai. No further details regarding the actual circumstances of his death are available.
BX October 19, 1918
Mr. A.G. Ginn, the florist, received the news this morning that his son, Private Alfred George Ginn was reported missing on October 3. Private Ginn left with the 169th Battalion for overseas and had been in France for 18 months. He was formerly employed by his father at the greenhouses.
BC October 19, 1918
Sergeant Alfred George Ginn is Missing
Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Ginn, Dufferin Avenue today received the sad intelligence that their eldest son, Alfred George Ginn, had been missing since October 1st. He volunteered at an early period of the war and had been in the fighting since 1916. Alfred was a young man of sterling quality and one of the first in this city to respond to the call of Empire.
BX January 20, 1919
Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Ginn, 164 Dufferin Avenue, have received official notice that their son Pte. Alfred George Ginn was killed in action on October 1 last. He had been reported since October as missing. Private Ginn was a well known Brantford boy. He enlisted with the 169th Battalion in February 1916, at Toronto and saw considerable service in France almost up to the very last.