Duncan
Craig
Chisholm
Born in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of William Craig Chisholm KC
and Gertrude Stevens Foster
Brother of
Gavin W Chisholm, Helen Chisholm, John Foster Chisholm, Mary Winifred Chisholm and Henry Craig Chisholm
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 19
in Vis-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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Biography
Gunner Duncan Chisholm was Killed in Action with theCanadia Garrison Artillery during World War I.
Duncan Craig Chisholm was born October 15, 1898 to William Chisholm and Gertrude Stevens Foster in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1]
He enlisted in the Armed Forces May 22, 1917. He was a Gunner in the 3rd Brigade, Canadian Garrison Artillery. Registration #; 2341427
He was Killed in Action in Vis-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France He is buired in Grave 13, Plot 2, Row C at the Vis-en-Artois British Cemetary, Haucourt.
Details from: Library and Archives Canada:
"In company with several comrades, he was sitting at the mouth of a tunnel, when he was hit in the head by a flying shell splinter, causing his death almost immediately."
Sources
- ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ1W-DLV : 2 March 2021), Duncan Chisholm, 15 Oct 1898; citing Birth, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,928,123.
See Also:
- "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHPS-2K2 : 23 February 2021), Duncan Chisholm in household of William D Chisholm, York (west/ouest), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 12, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
- "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27X9-P6Y : 29 March 2022), Duncan Chisholm in entry for William C Chisholm, 1911; citing Census, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm .
- Family Search Profile for Duncan Craig Chisholm
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