Sapper Beverly Elsworth Nesbitt
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Nesbitt,
Beverly Elsworth
Date of birth: 1897-04-03
Place of birth: Saint John New Brunswick Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. W. H. McLaughlin (mother), Haileybury, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Teamster
Occupation (normalized): Animal-Drawn Vehicle Driver (Road)
Address:
Haileybury, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-08
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Duisans British Cemetery, I. H. 9.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 648677
Highest Rank:
Sapper
Rank detail
- Sapper (Army).
- Private (Army). 1916-01-25 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 40719
LAC ID:
558869
Service file: B7274-S062
Uploader's Notes: Son of Mrs. W. H. McLaughlin (formerly Nesbitt), of 42, Boswell Avenue, Toronto, and the late A. W. Nesbit. CEF Burial Registers - Died of Wounds - he was with his Company billeted at St. Vaast on April 4, 1917 when the hut they were occupying was hit by a high explosive shell and Sapper Nesbitt was severely wounded in the head and left arm. He was evacuated to No. 19 Casualty Clearing Station where he succumbed four days later.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 159th Battalion Sapper Army Canadian Railway Troops 5th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20