Herbert John Logan

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
53476
Unit at enlistment: 
18th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
September 29th, 1915
Cemetery: 
R.E. Farm Cemetery - Ypres, Belgium - II.A.4.
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Middleport, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
165 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
165 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Lineman
Religious denominations: 
Congregational
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
22

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds in the Field, Belgium. While on duty at a listening post thirty yards in front of our lines, at about 9.30 p.m. September 29th, 1915 he was wounded in the stomach by an enemy rifle bullet and died shortly afterwards.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Trenches south of Kemmel.

BX October 16, 1915

Brantford Man Killed

The official casualty lists, published at Ottawa this morning contain the name of Private Herbert John Logan, only son of Mrs. Logan, Darling Street, he being reported as killed in action. Private Logan who was working in Pittsburgh at the time of the outbreak of war, returned shortly after to visit his mother in Brantford, and decided to enlist in the 18th Battalion at London. Private Logan was 22 years of age.