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Private John Cawley

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Cawley, John
Date of birth: 1882-08-20
Place of birth: Sligo Ireland
Next of kin: Joseph Cawley (brother), c/o Mrs. Murdock, South Sharp Street, Glasgow, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 925113
Highest Rank: Private (5th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 5th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army). 1915-12-28 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack on Vimy Ridge
Commemoration location: Ceylon Saskatchewan War Memorial

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 297063
LAC ID: 93531
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1589-S001
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

See his memorial page on the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

"The farmer who went to war" in the Ottawa Citizen, published Nov. 12, 2012.

Ceylon War Memorial where his surname is given as Cauley.

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 152nd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 5th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-03-02