Private Leonard Hynes

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Hynes, Leonard

Place of birth: Newfoundland

Next of kin: Margaret Hynes; mother; Codroy, Newfoundland

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Seaman

Address: Codroy, Newfoundland

Date of death: 1918-10-08

Cause of death: Died of illness

Buried: Beaumont-Hamel (Newfoundland) Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 5859

Highest Rank: Private

Rank detail

Private (British Army).

Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 722355

Uploader's Notes:

Son of Richard and Margaret Hynes, of St. George, Newfoundland

Died at sea aboard H.M.T. "Huntsend", of influenza

Influenza outbreak - During the 1918 flu pandemic, the Huntsend departed Montreal on 26 September 1918 with 649 Canadian soldiers on board. Before the ship had left port, the ship's doctor had reported concerns about 15 of the passengers who were already sick with influenza and pneumonia.[8] Despite his reported concerns, the ship sailed, and five percent of the 649 Canadians died before the ship disembarked on 11 October 1918. Some, if not all, of these men were commemorated at Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial a memorial site in France. or the Halifax Memorial. Some of those infected died at a later date.

Uploader's Research notes: [Private British Army Newfoundland Infantry 1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2020-12-13