Military service
Service number:
127619
Age:
24
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
December 8, 1892
Goderich, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 20, 1915
Goderich, Ontario
Death:
October 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. E. 10.
Additional information
Son of Alex. and Sarah Chisholm, of Goderich, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal Alexander Chisholm
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Photo of Alexander Chisholm
Alexander Chisholm in Hockey Sweater -
Grave Marker
Grave Marker in Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project -
Entrance
Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CHILD TO CLAYTON. Microform Sequence 20; Volume Number 31829_B016729. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 164. Page 57 of 1068. -
Inscription
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Grave marker
Corporal Chisholm's grave, marked by the original cross, is in the foreground. A set of rosary beads belonging to his brother, Leo, can be seen on the top of the cross.
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Corporal Alexander Chisholm
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 215 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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