Private Alexander ’Alex’ McQueen
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
McQueen,
Alexander ’Alex’
Date of birth: 1892-12-31
Place of birth: Low Point Cape Breton Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Alice Roper, mother. Sydney Mines, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Miner
Address:
310 Main Street, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-10-03
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, IV. G. 8.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 878290
Highest Rank:
Private
(25th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 25th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-03-01 to 1918-10-03
- Private, 185th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-04-14 to 1918-03-01
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded September 23, 1918 at Inchy-en-Artois, DoW at the No. 1 South African General Hospital
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 79037
LAC ID:
135210
Service file: B7193-S006
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Duncan McQueen and Catherine Alice McQueen (nee Waugh, later Roper)
The following spellings of his surname are found in his service file: McQueen, McQuien, McQuin and McQuinn
Uploader's Research notes: 185th Battalion Nominal Roll as Alexander McQuien [Private Army Canadian Infantry 185th Battalion C Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 25th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-11-05