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BRANT Elmer Joseph - B/37150 (NA)

OUR REFERENCE / NOTRE REFERENCE : 16155

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Argyle light infantry
CANADIAN MILITIA

 

Royal hamilton light infantry?

1st bataillon
Royal hamilton light infantry
Royal canadian infantry corps
CANADIAN ARMY

 

 

 

RANK / GRADE Army private canada PRIVATE
REGIMENTAL NUMBER / MATRICULE B/37150

 

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BIRTH AND DEATH INFORMATION / INFORMATION DE NAISSANCE ET DE DÉCÉS

Canada

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY)

DATE DE NAISSANCE

14/04/1921
CITY / VILLE Deseronto
STATE / PROVINCE  Ontario
COUNTRY / PAYS Canada

 

ETHNIC GROUP - ETHNIE Native American
NATIONALITY - NATIONALITÉ Mohawk
GENDER / GENRE  Men

 

DATE OF DEATH - DATE DE DÉCÉS (DD/MM/YYYY) 19/08/1942
AGE 21
CAUSE Missing in action

 

CEMETERY - CIMETIERE
NAME / NOM Brookwood monument
CITY / VILLE Brookwood
STATE / ETAT Surrey
COUNTRY / PAYS ENGLAND
GRAVE / SEPULTURE panel 24 colum 1

 

CIVIL LIFE INFORMATION / INFORMATION SUR LA VIE CIVILE

WORK / TRAVAIL Waiter

 

FATHER - PERE MOTHER - MERE SPOUSE / HUSBAND - EPOUSE / EPOUX
charles brant    

 

MILITARY LIFE INFORMATION / INFORMATION SUR LA VIE MILITAIRE

WAR / GUERRE

1890 - 1914 : CANADIAN MILITIA - MILICE CANADIENNE

1939-1945 : 2nd WORLD WAR - 2eme GUERRE MONDIALE


 

 

DRAFT OR VOLUNTEER

CONSCRIT OU VOLONTAIRE

SERVICE OVERSEAS

SERVICE OUTRE MER

PRISONER OF WAR

PRISONNIER DE GUERRE

CITIZEN

CITOYEN

Volunteer yes no yes

 

WOUNDS / BLESSURES
 

 

ENLISTMENT / ENROLEMENT
DATE (DD/MM/YYYY) 1935
PLACE / LIEU  
UNITÉ / UNIT Argyle light infantry
AGE 14

 

ENLISTMENT / ENROLEMENT
DATE (DD/MM/YYYY) 23/09/1939
PLACE / LIEU Hamilton, Ontario
UNITÉ / UNIT Royal hamilton light infantry
AGE 18

 

DISCHARGE / DEMOBILISATION
DATE (DD/MM/YYYY) 1938
PLACE / LIEU  
CAUSE  
TRANSFER / TRANSFERT
DATE AND UNIT /  DATE ET UNITÉ DATE AND RANK / DATE ET GRADE
  30/10/1939 : Lance corporal
  25/04/1940 : Corporal
  24/10/1940 : Revert to rank Private
  17/02/1942 : Lance Corporal
  01/06/1942 : Revert to rank private

 

HOSPITAL / HOPITAL
DATE (DD/MM/YYYY) CAUSE
22/11/1939  
25/03/1941 - 11/04/1941  
30/12/1941 - 02/01/1942  
BATTLE / BATAILLE
FightFIGHTING / A COMBATTU Medaille 1AWARDS / MÉDAILLES MortDEAD / DÉCÉS WoundsWOUNDS / BLESSURES

 

Mort DIEPPE : 19 august 1942

AWARDS / DECORATIONS

1939 1945 star ?Canadiandefense Warmedal193945 Canadian volunteer service medal Overseaserviceclasp
1939 – 45 Star Canadian – Defense medal War medal  Volunteer service medal Oversea clasp

 

VARIOUS INFORMATION / INFORMATIONS DIVERSES

Langue angl

Served in infantry of Belleville from 1935 to 1938

Langue franc

A servis dans l’infanterie de Belleville de 1935 a 1938


 

 

AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS / DOCUMENTS DISPONIBLES

 

DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE

DOCUMENTS DISPONIBLES

NUMBER AVAILABLE

NOMBRE DISPONIBLE

LINK TO THE DOCUMENT / LIEN VERS LE DOCUMENT
ENLIST PAPER / FEUILLE D'ENROLEMENT  

DOCUMENTS

SOLDIER PICTURES / PHOTO DU SOLDAT 1
CEMETERY PLAN / PLAN DU CIMETIERE 1
GRAVE PICTURE / PHOTO DE LA TOMBE 1

CANADIAN REMEMBER BOOKS

LIVRE DU SOUVENIR CANADIEN

1
OTHER DOCUMENTS / DOCUMENTS DIVERS 4
MILITARY FILES / DOSSIER MILITAIRE 1 MILITARY FILES

 

SOURCES

Commonwealth war graves commission
- second world war book of remembrance
- BAC/LAC RG24 – volume 25234 – item 3820
- Hamilton Spectator, November 2, 1944
- operation picture me

Researched and compiled by CASTELNOT yann

 

Last edited: 24/09/2019