Thomas Joseph Cahill

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

163962

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

November 18th, 1916

Cemetery:

Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

518 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario

Next of kin address:

518 Church Street, Toronto, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Photographer

Employer:

Fleming’s Photograph Studio

Religious denominations:

Roman Catholic

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Courcelette (Desire Trench).

BX December 8, 1916

Private Thomas Joseph Cahill of Brantford Killed – Five Other Members of 84th Battalion Are Reported Killed in Action

Mrs. Cahill, of 324 Jarvis Street, Toronto, has received an official telegram stating that her husband, Thomas Joseph Cahill, has been killed. He enlisted August 21, 1915, with the 84th Battalion and was later transferred to one of the senior Toronto battalions as a stretcher-bearer. He spent about four months in the trenches. Private Cahill was born in Brantford 36 years ago. Before enlisting he was employed in Fleming’s photograph studio on Yonge Street, Toronto. He was a Roman Catholic by religion, and besides his wife, leaves a small son.