Arthur William Danskin

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

163261

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

December 22nd, 1915

Cemetery:

Greenwood Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

First Baptist Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

25 Henry Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

25 Henry Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Butcher

Employer:

William Danskin and Son Wholesale Butchers

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Location: Brantford, Ontario

BX December 22, 1915

Private Arthur William Danskin of 84th is Dead – Had Been Ill for Week at Hospital with Attack of Pneumonia

Private Arthur W. Danskin, for the past three months a member of the 84th Overseas Battalion, died at 5 o’clock this morning after a week’s illness with pneumonia. Private Danskin is a son of William B. Danskin, wholesale butcher and previous to enlistment was connected with his father in the butchering business. On September 14, he was transferred from the 38th Regiment to the 84th Battalion. The deceased was 35 years of age and unmarried. He is survived by his father two brothers and four sisters; Danskin was in C. Company of the 84th Battalion. This death is only the second in the 84th Battalion since its inception, the other being Private Morris who died here. The funeral will take place to Mt. Hope cemetery next Friday afternoon with military honors, and will be the second military funeral in Brantford since the 84th arrived here.