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MacFarlane, John Duncan

Identification

Regimental number: 504366
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 2nd Bn Canadian Engineers
U of S affiliation at enlistment: had degree or certificate
Birth: 26 Jul 1892, Gurgunnock, Sterling, Scotland
College Building memorial: Second floor, centre east
Slide number(s): HR-2189

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1912 Agro 1916 certificate A.A. 1916

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Winnipeg
Attestation date: 16 Mar 1916
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: gas engineer
Religion: Anglican
Age: 24 years, 8 months
Height (inches): 67.00
Chest expansion (inches): 41.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 3.00

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
RFC   Farnboro, UK      
2nd Bn Canadian Engineers           
CASC Mechanical Transport Bramshott, UK 1917    
CASC att to 1 oth Bn            RoS
CRT            RoS

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  
Cadet-Sergeant  
A/Sgt   RoS

Family

Father: MacFralane, Robert
Father's Address: Chrurch Farm, Chillingford, Suffolk, England (1916)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Rosetown  student 1912 1914 U of S Calendar
Rosetown  student 1915 1916 U of S Calendar
Carlea    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 6820-2
College Building list #: 149
Roll of Honour list #: 130
Roll of Service (1928) #: 215
Long List #: 225

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