Detail victim

Name LYNCH
Initials 0
First name 0WEN
Place of birth Toronto
Country Ontario, Canada
Family Son of Owen and Ann Lynch, 6 Traford Place, Toronto; his father served in the Medical Corps at Spadina Convalescent Hospital; his brother James died of wounds (November 1916) and his youngest brother 'Tommy', 15 years old, enlisted in a battalion outside Toronto (and survived); the mother died shortly after her two sons death.
Brother of Mrs. Mary Joster, of 517, Crawford St., Toronto.
Profession Trunkmaker

Place & date of enlistment 1 November 1915, Kingston
Service number 348159
Rank Signaller
Regiment and unit 12th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery Headquarters
Army - Corps - Division 1st Canadian Division
National force C.E.F.
Other data related to military career Went overseas with the 80th Bn.; to France 5 July 1916

Wounded 24 July, an observation balloon dropped a bomb on the hut in which he was staying;
Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds in the back, hip and left leg, in n°3 Can CCS
Date of death 24 July 1916
Died at the age of 24
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VII - D - 5A