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Porter, Thomas Johnston

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Identification

Regimental number: 411097
Battalion / unit at enlistment: PPCLI
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 12 Jul 1889, Balder, MB, Canada
College Building memorial: First floor, northwest
Slide number(s): HR-1086, HR-1087
Notes: student and fireman in powerhouse

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
  Agro        

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 17 Mar 1915
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: engineer and student
Religion: Wesleyan
Age: 25 years, 8 months
Height (inches): 67.50
Chest expansion (inches): 37.50
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.50
Marks: scar calf of lt leg, scar rt groin

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
PPCLI           

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  
Corporal  

Wounds

Wound type Date Notes
  2 Jun 1916

Family

Father: Porter, W
Father's Address: Balder, MB, Canada (1915)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Baldur    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 7914 - 47
College Building list #: 93
Roll of Honour list #: 169
Roll of Service (1928) #: 256
Long List #: 272

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