Antonio Battaglio
(1895-1918)
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Antonio Battaglio [aka Battaglia]
SS Duca d'Aosta
Family information for Private Antonio Battaglio
2029 Murray Hill Rd., Cleveland, Ohio, address given at WWI draft registration
Antonio Battaglio [aka Battaglia]
*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: 10/8/1895, Capurso, Bari, Puglia, Italy
Birth: 10/8/1895, Capurso, Bari, Puglia, Italy
Address: 2029 Murray Hill Rd., Cleveland, Ohio [this address located in Cleveland's Little Italy neighborhood]
Demographics: no draft registration found; Caucasian
Appearance: no draft registration found where information about appearance would have been recorded
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date unknown; enlistment date 6/28/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date unknown; enlistment date 6/28/1917; Private
Service Number: 564809
Deployment: 5/10/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Duca d'Aosta
Action: Btry B 16 FA to July 6/17 to Sept 12/18. Pvt. St Mihiel. AEF May 10/18 to Sept 12/18.
Death: September 12, 1918 at age 22; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: September 12, 1918 at age 22; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried locally after death in the French Military Cemetery, Mesnil-sous-les-Cotes, Meuse, France; 5/14/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 1/30/1922 remains disinterred and prepared for return to Italy arriving the Paris Morgue 2/27/1922; 8/5/1922 remains shipped to Naples, Italy arriving Naples 8/27/1922; 10/10/1922 remains shipped to the care of Mrs. Maria Nicola Battaglia, Capurso, Province Bari, Italy arriving 10/11/1922
Burial: buried locally after death in the French Military Cemetery, Mesnil-sous-les-Cotes, Meuse, France; 5/14/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 1/30/1922 remains disinterred and prepared for return to Italy arriving the Paris Morgue 2/27/1922; 8/5/1922 remains shipped to Naples, Italy arriving Naples 8/27/1922; 10/10/1922 remains shipped to the care of Mrs. Maria Nicola Battaglia, Capurso, Province Bari, Italy arriving 10/11/1922
Next of Kin: Private Antonio Battaglio listed a friend living at his same Cleveland address as his emergency contact. Records alternately note the friend as, "Mr. Otaveau Keeoto," "Miss Otavna Koecto," and "Otavean Keeoto." The names may have been recorded phonetically from the spoken Italian. Ottavo Chiodo may be a close approximation of the Italian name, but no records were found for a Clevelander with this or similar names.
Next of Kin: Private Antonio Battaglio listed a friend living at his same Cleveland address as his emergency contact. Records alternately note the friend as, "Mr. Otaveau Keeoto," "Miss Otavna Koecto," and "Otavean Keeoto." The names may have been recorded phonetically from the spoken Italian. Ottavo Chiodo may be a close approximation of the Italian name, but no records were found for a Clevelander with this or similar names.
Additional Information: WWI burial card listed beneficiary as Mrs. Maria Nicola Battaglio, mother, Campodipietra, Campobasso, Italy. Battaglio and Battaglia are very common Italian surnames, which impeded our research. Italian burial records on ancestry.com indicated that a WWI veteran Antonio Battaglia was the son of Francesco Battaglia and Nicola Maria Mapari Battaglia. No additional information was located.
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