Charles Altman

(1898-1918)

9200 Parkgate Rd. Cleveland, OH, one of the addresses noted in his records

Gravestone, Private Charles Altman, Mayfield [Jewish] Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, OH

Gatehouse, entrance to Mayfield [Jewish] Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, OH

Charles Altman

*No Plaque located

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.

*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.

Birth: 7/15/1898, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Address: 1269 W. 9th St., Cleveland, OH [may be father's place of employment] and 9200 Parkgate Rd. Cleveland, OH; at time of enlistment in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, his address was recorded as Y.M.C.A

Demographics: single; Caucasian; religion Jewish; occupation Machinist

Appearance: not known

Draft date/Enlistment Date/Rank: enlisted 1/5/1918 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force; Private

Service Number: 2138060

Deployment: died prior to deployment

Action: was in training when he fell ill

Death: 7/17/1918 at age 20 at Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; cause of death Pulmonary Tuberculosis, died while undergoing operation

Burial: Mayfield [Jewish] Cemetery, 2749 Mayfield Rd. Cleveland Heights, OH, Section 12 Lot 18 Grave 2

Next of Kin: Philip Altman, father, 1269 W. 9th St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: Philip Altman; Mother: Sadie Altman

The following information was submitted by a volunteer contributor:

Private Charles M. Altman enlisted in January 1918 and was training with the 2nd Depot Battalion, British Columbia Regiment when he fell ill. On July 17, 1918 while undergoing an operation he died of chloroform poisoning at Camp Willow, Victoria, B.C. Private Charles Altman, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Altman, 9200 Parkgate, Cleveland, Ohio was 20 years old. Funeral from Deutsch's chapel, E. 55th Street, Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday, 2 p. m. Internment Cleveland Mayfield Cemetery.

Commemorated on Page 358 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.

Sources:

Cleveland Necrology Index - https://cpl.org/newsindex/showrecord/?record=4156&type=necrology

First World War Book of Remembrance - https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/4010435?Charles%20Altman

Find a grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144787069/charles-altman