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Balfour, James Stevenson

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Identification

Regimental number: 461089
Battalion / unit at enlistment: PPCLI
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 19 Jun 1894, Regina, SK, Canada
College Building memorial: First floor, northeast
Slide number(s): HR-1124, HR-1125

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1914 Arts        

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 5 Apr 1915
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 20 years, 10 months
Height (inches): 71.00
Chest expansion (inches): 36.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.50
Marks: vaccination, mole

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
PPCLI           
RAF           

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Corporal  
Lieutenant   CB list

Wounds

Wound type Date Notes
  7 Jun 1916

Family

Father: Balfour, James
Father's Address: 2315 Victoria Ave., Regina, Sk, Canada (1915)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Regina  student 1914 1915 U of S Calendar
2315 Victoria Ave., Regina    1928   1928 list
1928 list = "List of Students who enlisted during the Great War," U of S Archives. The list was completed after F. Underhill went to the University of Toronto in 1927; probably in conjunction with the Memorial Gates. Some of the addresses may be from an earlier date.

Sources

National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 388 - 58
College Building list #: 129
Roll of Honour list #: 10
Roll of Service (1928) #: 81
Long List #: 81

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