We remember Alexander Griswold Viets

We remember Alexander Griswold Viets

Timeline

Timeline

1872
sibling Guy Roberts Viets Source:9612637 1872
1874
sibling Harry A Viets Source:9612637 1874
1877
sibling Douglas W J Viets Source:9612637 1877
1878
birth Digby, Nova Scotia Canada Source:5817096 Source:9612637 25th April 1878
1880
sibling Robert Botsford Viets Source:9612637 1880
1914
employment Bookkeeper Digby, Nova Scotia Canada Source:9612726 12th September 1914
1914
enlistment Levis, Quebec Canada Source:9612726 12th September 1914
1914
service Canadian Expeditionary Force Lance Corporal 1795 11th Reservr Battalion Source:9612726 12th September 1914
1914
service Canadian Expeditionary Force Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Source:9612726 20th December 1914
1915
hospitalisation He was seriously wounded at Ypres when “a trench mortar burst just in front of his face causing severe burns in his face and also multiple wounds of left elbow and right arm” Hospital/Institution Source:9612726 2nd May 1915
1916
discharge Source:9612726 10th June 1916
hospitalisation Blind in both eyes Hospital/Institution Source:9612726
service Canadian Expeditionary Force Lance Corporal 1795 Source:9612726
1949
death Toronto, Ontario Canada Source:9612726 23rd April 1949
burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery Non-War Cemetery Toronto, Ontario Canada Source:9613310

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Alexander Griswold
Initials AG
Last Name Viets
Source 5817096
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1795 11th Reservr Battalion Lance Corporal
Canadian Expeditionary Force Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1795 Lance Corporal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Jane Snow mother
John M Viets father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Guy Roberts Viets brother 1872
Harry A Viets brother 1874
Douglas W J Viets brother 1877
Robert Botsford Viets brother 1880

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Canadian Attestation Papers

External Evidence

ReferenceConnected byMore information
"Canada Census, 1881," Connie15144
Digby County, Nova Scotia Honour Roll 1914 - 1919 Connie15144
Find A Grave Connie15144

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