Military service
Service number:
132874
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
February 8, 1896
Hogansburg, New York
Enlistment:
September 20, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
April 27, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. G. 12.
Additional information
Son of Margaret Back
Digital gallery of Private Richard Back
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Photo de Richard Back
Photo taken from "A Short History and Photographic Record of the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Highlanders of Canada" Page 35. 'C' Company. No. 12 Platoon. -
Feuille d'engagement
Source: Library and Archives Canada -
Feuille d'engagement (dos)
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Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 33 of 1072.
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Back
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Back
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Back
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Back
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 194 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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