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Battalion / unit at enlistment: 196th Bn
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 25 Sep 1891, Cornwall, ON, Canada
College Building memorial: Second floor, centre west
Slide number(s): HR-2106, HR-2107, HR-2108, HR-2109
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 18 Mar 1916
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student (Presby Col)
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 24 years, 5 months
Height (inches): 64.00
Chest expansion (inches): 37.50
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.00
Marks: hernia operation scar
Mother's Address: c/o Phillip Leitch, Williamstown, ON, Canada (1916)
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.
College Building list #: 279
Roll of Honour list #: 116
Roll of Service (1928) #: 201
Long List #: 208
Leitch, Robert Stanley
Identification
Regimental number: 910909Battalion / unit at enlistment: 196th Bn
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 25 Sep 1891, Cornwall, ON, Canada
College Building memorial: Second floor, centre west
Slide number(s): HR-2106, HR-2107, HR-2108, HR-2109
U of S attendance
Entry date | College | Left - date | Left - reason | Degree | Degree - date | Notes |
1914 | Arts - Presb | 1921 | grad | B.A. | 1921 |
Military service - attestation
Volunteer/drafted: volunteerAttestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 18 Mar 1916
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student (Presby Col)
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 24 years, 5 months
Height (inches): 64.00
Chest expansion (inches): 37.50
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.00
Marks: hernia operation scar
Military service - assignments
Group | Type | Location | First known date | Last known date | Reason for end of assignment | Notes |
196th Bn | ||||||
46th Bn |
Rank
Rank | Date | Notes |
Private |
Wounds
Wound type | Date | Notes |
not in RoS |
Family
Mother: Leitch, Mrs. DonaldMother's Address: c/o Phillip Leitch, Williamstown, ON, Canada (1916)
Non-military addresses
Address | Occupation | Earliest date | Latest date | Source | Notes |
Montreal | student | 1914 | 1915 | U of S Calendar | |
Williamstown | student | 1915 | 1916 | U of S Calendar | |
Montreal | student | 1919 | 1922 | U of S Calendar | |
Pathlow | reverend | 1928 | 1928 list |
Sources
National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 5560 - 28College Building list #: 279
Roll of Honour list #: 116
Roll of Service (1928) #: 201
Long List #: 208
Links to more information
- Search National Archives' Soldiers of the First World War database (automatic search based on regimental number or name)