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Military service
Service number:
427034
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
March 25, 1888
Kincardine, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 25, 1915
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of James and Katherine Carroll. Brother of Charles of Girvin, Saskatchewan. He stated he was single and that he was a carpenter. Pte Carroll is commemorated on the war memorial at the Kincardine Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. A photograph of him in uniform also hangs in the Legion Hall. Pte Carroll sailed from Halifax on board the S.S. Lapland on 21 October 1915 and landed in Devonport, England on 2 November 1915. He joined the 46th Battalion and was transferred to the 13th Battalion.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private James Carroll
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of James Carroll
James (Jim) Carroll of Kincardine, Ontario who was killed in action, 16 April 1917, Vimy Ridge, France.<P> He wrote in a last letter home, 'Remember me to all'. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 513 of 1004. -
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Photo of JAMES CARROLL
One time member of the 92nd Battalion. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Carroll
Digital gallery of
Private James Carroll
Digital gallery of
Private James Carroll
Digital gallery of
Private James Carroll
Digital gallery of
Private James Carroll
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 213 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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