Military Service
Service Number: 117385
Age: 20
Force: Army
Unit: 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
A rancher by trade, Daniel enlisted at Calgary, Alberta in Jun of 1915.
Early Jun, 1916, his Battalion was east of Ypres in the area of Zillebeke, taking part in the Battle of Mount Sorrel, Jun 2 to 14, an attempt by the enemy to divert British resources from the Somme. After a Jun 2 counterattack was pushed back by heavy enemy artillery, rifle, and machine gun fire, forcing the Canadians to fall back, June 3 the Battalion held their fallback position, a support trench east of Zillebeke, with enemy artillery causing heavy losses, especially the enemy bombardment for three hours that night. Daniel died Jun 2, 1916
Service Number: 117385
Age: 20
Force: Army
Unit: 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
A rancher by trade, Daniel enlisted at Calgary, Alberta in Jun of 1915.
Early Jun, 1916, his Battalion was east of Ypres in the area of Zillebeke, taking part in the Battle of Mount Sorrel, Jun 2 to 14, an attempt by the enemy to divert British resources from the Somme. After a Jun 2 counterattack was pushed back by heavy enemy artillery, rifle, and machine gun fire, forcing the Canadians to fall back, June 3 the Battalion held their fallback position, a support trench east of Zillebeke, with enemy artillery causing heavy losses, especially the enemy bombardment for three hours that night. Daniel died Jun 2, 1916
Military Service
Service Number: 117385
Age: 20
Force: Army
Unit: 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
A rancher by trade, Daniel enlisted at Calgary, Alberta in Jun of 1915.
Early Jun, 1916, his Battalion was east of Ypres in the area of Zillebeke, taking part in the Battle of Mount Sorrel, Jun 2 to 14, an attempt by the enemy to divert British resources from the Somme. After a Jun 2 counterattack was pushed back by heavy enemy artillery, rifle, and machine gun fire, forcing the Canadians to fall back, June 3 the Battalion held their fallback position, a support trench east of Zillebeke, with enemy artillery causing heavy losses, especially the enemy bombardment for three hours that night. Daniel died Jun 2, 1916
Service Number: 117385
Age: 20
Force: Army
Unit: 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
A rancher by trade, Daniel enlisted at Calgary, Alberta in Jun of 1915.
Early Jun, 1916, his Battalion was east of Ypres in the area of Zillebeke, taking part in the Battle of Mount Sorrel, Jun 2 to 14, an attempt by the enemy to divert British resources from the Somme. After a Jun 2 counterattack was pushed back by heavy enemy artillery, rifle, and machine gun fire, forcing the Canadians to fall back, June 3 the Battalion held their fallback position, a support trench east of Zillebeke, with enemy artillery causing heavy losses, especially the enemy bombardment for three hours that night. Daniel died Jun 2, 1916
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