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Robert Bray

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
814691
Unit at enlistment: 
139th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
April 13th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Suffolk
Birth city: 
Bury St Edmunds
Address at enlistment: 
Beverley Township, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
111 Alfred Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Farmer
Religious denominations: 
Methodist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
24

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Previously reported Missing, now for official purposes presumed to have died.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Thelus.

BX June 13, 1917

Word was received by Mrs. Gordon Horsnell 111 Alfred Street, yesterday afternoon, that her brother, Private Robert Bray had been killed in action. He was a resident of this city, where he was well and favorably known, but he enlisted with the 139th Battalion at Cobourg, being transferred to a battalion in France.

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