Military service
Service number:
521104
Age:
44
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Enlistment:
July 23, 1915
Death:
May 4, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
45. 8. 11.
Additional information
Son of George Elgin and Sarah Laidlaw, of 1823, 2nd Avenue East, Vancouver.
Digital gallery of Private Wallace Herbert Laidlaw
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Grave Marker
Grave of 521104 Pvt. Wallace Herbert Laidlaw who served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps No.5 Hospital C.E.F. He was born in Peterborough Ontario on June 4th 1874. He enlisted into the C.E.F. at Esquimalt BC on July 23rd 1915. he listed his occupation as "Druggist" Wallace died at Vancouver BC of the Spanish Flu on May 4th 1919 at the age of 45. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC -
Cross of Sacrifice
Memorial Cross in the section where 521104 Pvt. Wallace Herbert Laidlaw was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC -
Vancouver (Mountain View) Cemetery
Cemetery view of the section where 521104 Pvt. Wallace Herbert Laidlaw was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC
Digital gallery of
Private Wallace Herbert Laidlaw
Digital gallery of
Private Wallace Herbert Laidlaw
Digital gallery of
Private Wallace Herbert Laidlaw
VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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