Sapper Alfred Lemelin
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1877-10-08
Place of birth: Quebec City Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Leontinne Lemelin (wife,) 1353 St. Valier St., Quebec (City,) Quebec
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Shoemaker
Occupation (normalized): Shoe-maker, General
Address:
1353 St. Valier St., Quebec (City,) Quebec
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1917-11-16
Cause of death:
Accident
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 2245336
Highest Rank:
Sapper
Rank detail
- Private (Army). 1917-02-12 ?
- Sapper (Army). ? to 1917-11-16
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Fell from a bridge. See details below.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 442741
LAC ID:
525927
Service file: B5565-S080
Uploader's Notes:
Previous service:
8th regiment, Royal Rifles (militia)
Details of Death:
While crossing a trestle bridge over the canal which ran through the camp at about 8.15 P.M. on November 16th 1917, he fell from the bridge, his head hitting some stones on the bank and his body then rolling into the water. When the body was recovered it was found that death had been caused by his head hitting the rocks.
Herbert Hill White's WWI War Diary notes for Nov. 15th, 1917 (actually Nov 16th:)
"Nov. 15 - While No. 4 platoon was waiting in the cars to start for camp Fritz sent a shell over and killed two of the boys and wounded a number of others."
It would appear that Bert assumed the two deaths were related to the shelling.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948" database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 257th Battalion Sapper Army Canadian Railway Troops 7th Battalion, CRT ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2015-01-17