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Lewis, John Grant

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Identification

Regimental number: 523928
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 1st Field Amb
U of S affiliation at enlistment: had degree or certificate
Birth: 12 Apr 1895, Grenfell, SK, Canada
College Building memorial: Second floor, northwest
Slide number(s): HR-2135, HR-2136

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1910 Arts 1914 grad B.A. 1914

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Winnipeg
Attestation date: 5 Apr 1916
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: chemist
Religion: Methodist
Age: 20 years, 11 months
Height (inches): 70.00
Chest expansion (inches): 33.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 3.50

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
1st Field Amb           
11th Can Gen Hosp    UK      

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  
Sergeant   RoS: A/S/Sgt.

Family

Father: Lewis, John
Father's Address: 1364 Ray St, Regina, SK, Canada (1916)
Father's Occuption: minister

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Saskatoon  student 1910 1914 U of S Calendar grad 1914, peob the right JG
Regina  student 1915 1916 U of S Calendar prob not the real JG
Provincial Lab, 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 5625 - 37
College Building list #: 302
Roll of Honour list #: 118
Roll of Service (1928) #: 204
Long List #: 211

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