Private Ernest Watt Laird
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Laird,
Ernest Watt
Date of birth: 1895-06-20
Place of birth: Oil City Pennsylvania U.S.A.
Next of kin: ? C. Laird, 353 Hughson St. N., Hamilton, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Machinist
Occupation (normalized): Metalworking Machine Setter-Operator, General
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-11-23
Cause of death:
Died of illness
Buried:
Hamilton Cemetery
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 33104
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 80003583
LAC ID:
506386
Service file: B5315-S024
Uploader's Notes:
Laird's attestation has the following stamp:
INVALIDED TO CANADA FOR
FURTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT
[signature here of Maj. ????]
HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVE,
ONTARIO MILITARY HOSPITAL, ORPINGTON
Pte. Laird's birth and death are carved on one edge of the Laird family marker in Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario. The dates given are 1895 - 1918. See attached photographs.
This is the family info that appears on the Laird family marker:
LAIRD
THOMAS W. LAIRD
Died June 20, 1914
His wife JESSIE JAMIESON
Died June 13, 1928
AGNES
Died March 13, 1898
CHARLES T. LAIRD
Died Nov. 21, 1940
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 2 Field Ambulance ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2008-08-11
Last modified: 2017-11-13