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James Crawford

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
2334381
Unit at enlistment: 
Divisional Cyclist Company
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
September 2nd, 1918
Cemetery: 
Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery - Arras, France - VI.F.28.
Commemorated at: 
Paris Congregational Church
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Paris, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
203 Mitchell Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Next of kin address: 
Paris, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Tool maker
Religious denominations: 
Congregational
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
22

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds. While advancing with his Battalion West of Villers-les-Cagnicourt, he was hit in the head by shrapnel from an enemy shell. His wounds were dressed by a comrade and he was removed to No. 3 Canadian Field Ambulance where he died later in the day.

 

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