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Alexander High

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Alexander High

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 18.08.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Edmonton, Alberta.
  • Service no: 437610
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Machine Gun Corps
  • Unit/Ship: 10th Machine Gun Company
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 21
  • Date of Death: 26.10.1917
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 32

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 17.06.1896
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Clerk
  • Mother:

    Margaret Crighton High, 9522 – 100 A St, Edmonton

  • Father:

    Alex High, 9522 – 100 A St, Edmonton

  • Siblings:

    David, Margaret & Jean

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Alexander High

Alexander has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial. He was the son of Alexander and Margaret High of Jarvie, Alberta. Alex’s father and brother both served with the Canadian Infantry during the Great War, Alex served in the 1st Labour Battalion, Canadian Infantry as a Private, Reg No 904952 and his brother David served as a Lance Sergeant in the 49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Reg No 432379.

For more information on Alexander, visit Alexander’s Memorial and Alexander’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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