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

Buried: Nine Elms Military Cemetery (France), IV. A. 12.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 925113

Highest Rank: Private (5th Battalion)

Rank detail

Private, 5th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
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