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Keffer, Franklin Mager

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Identification

Regimental number: 411083
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 1st Univ Co
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: killed
Birth: 17 Oct 1893, Hespeler, ON, Canada
College Building memorial: First floor, northeast
Slide number(s): HR-1122, HR-1123

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: 18 Mar 1915
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Wesleyan
Age: 21 years, 5 months
Height (inches): 65.00
Chest expansion (inches): 35.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 1.50

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
1st Univ Co           
PPCLI        1916 June 2-4 KIA

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  

Death

Date of death: 2 Jun 1916
Cause: killed in action
Location: Sanctuary Wood

Family

Father: Keffer, Bellington
Father's Address: Hespeler, ON, Canada (1915)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Hespeler  student 1914 1915 U of S Calendar

Sources

National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 5032 - 41
College Building list #: 126
Roll of Honour list #: 112
Roll of Service (1928) #: 34
Long List #: 34

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