Benjamin McCuaig

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
773069
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
November 6th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Menin Gate Memorial - Ypres, Belgium - Panel 10.26.28
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Islington
Birth city: 
Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
2 Mt. Pleasant Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Montreal, Quebec
Trade or calling: 
Farmer
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
32

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. He was killed by enemy shell fire during an attack on Passchendaele while carrying a message from the front line to Battalion Headquarters.

BX November 24, 1917

Benjamin McCuaig Reported Killed in Action

Private Benjamin McCuaig of this city has been killed in action. Word of his death was turned over to the local branch of the Patriotic Fund, as there was no address of his next of kin. He was killed Nov. 6.