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Battalion / unit at enlistment: 1st Can Tunneling Co.
U of S affiliation at enlistment: had degree or certificate
Birth: 25 Mar 1896, Springfield, ON, Canada
College Building memorial: Second floor, northwest
Slide number(s): HR-2125, HR-2126
Attestation place: Winnipeg
Attestation date: 24 Mar 1916
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: teacher
Religion: Baptist
Age: 20 years
Height (inches): 69.50
Chest expansion (inches): 36.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 4.00
Mother's Address: Pipestone, MN, USA (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 #: 295
Roll of Honour list #: 125
Roll of Service (1928) #: 209
Long List #: 217
Lyon, Victor Wynne
Identification
Regimental number: 523861Battalion / unit at enlistment: 1st Can Tunneling Co.
U of S affiliation at enlistment: had degree or certificate
Birth: 25 Mar 1896, Springfield, ON, Canada
College Building memorial: Second floor, northwest
Slide number(s): HR-2125, HR-2126
U of S attendance
Entry date | College | Left - date | Left - reason | Degree | Degree - date | Notes |
1912 | Arts | 1915 | grad | B.A. | 1915 |
Military service - attestation
Volunteer/drafted: volunteerAttestation place: Winnipeg
Attestation date: 24 Mar 1916
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: teacher
Religion: Baptist
Age: 20 years
Height (inches): 69.50
Chest expansion (inches): 36.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 4.00
Military service - assignments
Group | Type | Location | First known date | Last known date | Reason for end of assignment | Notes |
1st Field Amb | France | |||||
1st Can Tunelling Coy | ||||||
6th BN, CE | RoS |
Military service - end
Date | Location | Reason | Notes |
29 May 1916 | discharged | underaged American citizen |
Rank
Rank | Date | Notes |
Private | ||
Sapper | RoS |
Family
Mother: Carth, Jean EMother's Address: Pipestone, MN, USA (1916)
Non-military addresses
Address | Occupation | Earliest date | Latest date | Source | Notes |
Saskatoon | student | 1912 | 1915 | U of S Calendar | |
844 Benson ST., Boston, USA | 1928 | 1928 list |
Sources
National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 5816 - 32College Building list #: 295
Roll of Honour list #: 125
Roll of Service (1928) #: 209
Long List #: 217
Links to more information
- Great War site: photographs/documents
- Search National Archives' Soldiers of the First World War database (automatic search based on regimental number or name)