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Private James Mahood

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Mahood, James
Date of birth: 1887-10-13
Place of birth: Kilmarnock Scotland
Next of kin: John Mahood - Father - 18 Casino Block, Sherbrooke, Quebec
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Stone Cutter
Occupation (normalized): Stone Cutter and Finisher
Address: Unknown
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1918-11-11
Cause of death: Died of wounds

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 132086
Highest Rank: Private (42nd Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 42nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-04-20 to 1918-11-11
  2. Private, 73rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-09-08 to 1917-10-05
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Approach to Mons, in the village of Jemappes on Nov. 10th.
Commemoration location: Commemorated on Page 466 of the

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 577720
LAC ID: 171170
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5848-S063
Uploader's Notes:

John Mahood, father, lived in 18 Casino Road, Sherbrooke, QC. Next of kin info shows updated address as of 20/11/1919 as Taft Farm, Upton, Mass, USA. Arrived in England 10/4/1916 on S.S. Adriatic. Embarked for France from Bramshott 12/8/1916.

Circumstances of Death indicates he died of wounds and provides the following: "He was a member of the Transport Section of his Battalion and was billeted in the Village of Jemappes on November 10th, 1918, when he was severely wounded in the left leg by shrapnel from an enemy shell which burst nearby. He was evacuated to No. 4 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station where he succumbed the next day".

His British War Medal and Victory medal ended up with his father in the state of Maine where they were sold on Ebay about 2005. It is unknown whether his Memorial Plaque survived.

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 73rd Battalion "A" Company, No 3 Platoon No. 3 Platoon. Private Army Canadian Infantry 42nd Battalion Served with 73rd Battalion from 9/8/1915 to 20/4/1917 ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2011-12-13