CEF Soldier Detail

Corporal Walter Lynd Millar
Died: August 14, 1917

Regimental Number:
177778
Survived War:
 No
Force:
 Army
Regiment:
 Canadian Infantry
Battalion:
 87th Battalion
Company:
Place of Birth:
Huntingdon, Quebec
Country:
 Canada
Next of Kin:
James A. Millar, Huntingdon, Quebec
Address at Enlistment:
Date of Birth:
March 17, 1895
Trade or Calling:
Plasterer
Marital Status:
 Single
Prior Military Experience:
No
Place of Enlistment:
 Montreal, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
November 24, 1915
Age at enlistment:
20
Height:
 5 Feet 10 Inches
Chest:
 37 Inches
Expansion:
 3 1/2 Inches
Religion:
 Presbyterian
Enlisted or Conscripted:
 Enlisted
Saw service in:
Europe    
Cause of Death:
Killed in Action
Battle Died/Wounded:
Date of Death:
August 14, 1917
Age at Death:
22
Buried at:
 Villiers Station Cemetery, France
Plot:
 X. E. 21.
Commemorated:
 
Prisoner of war:
No
Interned:
Gender:
 Male
Ethnic Origin:
Caucasian
LAC Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6198 - 54
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Rank Regiment Unit Company
Corporal Canadian Infantry 87th Battalion
Private Millar was the son of James A. Millar, and a plasterer by trade, born in Huntingdon on 17 March, 1895. He died outside Lens, in northern France while holding a forward trench position.