Frank George Thorn

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

402205

Unit at enlistment:

2nd Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

June 13th, 1916

Cemetery:

Menin Gate Memorial - Ypres, Belgium - Panel 10.26.28.

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Surrey

Birth city:

Richmond

Address at enlistment:

7 Grove Street, Galt, Ontario

Next of kin address:

7 Grove Street, Galt, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Employer:

Goldie and McCulloch, Galt

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Killed in Action

BX June 29, 1916

Another Brantford soldier has made the supreme sacrifice in Pte. Frank George Thorn reported killed in action on June 13. Deceased was 20 years of age and enlisted with the 34th Battalion at Galt, going to the front with the second draft company of reinforcements. He was born in Richmond, Surrey, England and had been a resident of Galt, employed at the Goldie and McCulloch works as a crane driver. He was very well known, and was a member of Trinity Anglican Church. He is survived by his father Thomas G. Thorn, of Brantford, formerly of Galt, and three sisters and one brother in Galt.