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Sangster, Douglas Russell

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Identification

Battalion / unit at enlistment: 2nd University Co.
U of S affiliation at enlistment: no degree or certificate, but had been a student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 17 Oct 1890, Sherbrooke, QB, Canada
College Building memorial: First floor, northeast
Slide number(s): HR-1111, HR-1112
Notes: Reg no. McG83

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1913 Agro        

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 3 May 1915
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: contractor
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 24 years, 6 months
Height (inches): 64.00
Chest expansion (inches): 36.50
Amount of expansion (inches): 3.00
Previous military service: militia
Previous military service (length): 1 yr
Notes: 19th Batt. St. Catherines

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
PPCLI           
3rd Bn CMG Corps           
7th Brigade MG Corps    France      
2nd University Co.           

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Lieutenant   not in RoS
Private  
Sergeant   RoS

Wounds

Wound type Date Notes
  29 Sep 1918

Family

Father: Sangster, Andrew George
Father's Address: 820 14th St., Nutana, SK, Canada (1915)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Saskatoon  student 1913 1914 U of S Calendar
820 14th ST., Saskatoon    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 8643 - 41
College Building list #: 118
Roll of Honour list #: 178
Roll of Service (1928) #: 262
Long List #: 283

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