Wallace Marr

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
797362
Unit at enlistment: 
133rd Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
August 21st, 1917
Cemetery: 
Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France
Birth country: 
U.S.A.
Birth county: 
Oakland
Birth city: 
South Lyons, Michigan
Address at enlistment: 
Waterford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Waterford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Farmer
Religious denominations: 
Baptist
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
30

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. Whilst taking part in the attack on Cinnabar trench, North West of Lens, he was hit in the head and instantly killed by an enemy rifle bullet.

BX September 4, 1917

Mrs. Edith Marr, 15 High Street, has received a telegram from Ottawa informing her that her husband, Private Wallace Marr, 133rd Battalion, was killed on Aug. 21.