George Wilfred Noss

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772496

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Wounded:

Yes

Date of death:

May 3rd, 1917

Cemetery:

Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Hampshire

Birth city:

Southampton

Address at enlistment:

Mount Pleasant, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Mount Pleasant, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Previously reported Wounded and Missing, now for official purposes presumed to have died.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Attack just North of Fresnoy.

BX May 29, 1917

Word was received by Mrs. George Noss, 178 Dalhousie Street, that her husband, Pte. George Wilfred Noss had been wounded on May 3. He was a former employee of the Adams Wagon Co., and went overseas in the First Brant County Battalion, going to France in the first draft.

BX July 6, 1917

Wounded and Missing

Mrs. George Noss, 178 Dalhousie Street, received a telegram yesterday that her husband, Pte. George Wilfred Noss, previously reported wounded, is now officially reported wounded and missing on May 3rd. Private Noss went overseas in the first battalion, going to France in the first draft.

BX December 26, 1917

Mrs. Elizabeth Noss received word from Ottawa on Dec. 24 that her husband, Pte. George Wilfred Noss, previously reported wounded and missing, is now reported to have died on May 3, 1917. Private George Noss went overseas in the 125th Brant Battalion, later being transferred to the first Canadian battalion. He was a former employee of the Adams wagon works. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife and three small children.