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Shannon, Reginald Lloyd

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Identification

Regimental number: 475510
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 3rd overseas university Co.
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 25 Jul 1895, Gretna, MB, Canada
College Building memorial: First floor, northeast
Slide number(s): HR-1105, HR-1106

U of S attendance

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

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 22 Oct 1915
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 20 years, 6 months
Height (inches): 70.75
Chest expansion (inches): 38.50
Amount of expansion (inches): 4.00
Marks: pockmark on forehead

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
CASC           
3rd overseas University Co.      1915    
Acct Dept Q. Gen   London, UK      
PPCLI in hospital Leeds, UK 1917    

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  

Wounds

Wound type Date Notes
  15 Sep 1916

Family

Father: Shannon, J P
Father's Address: Saskatoon, SK, Canada (1915)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Saskatoon  student 1913 1914 U of S Calendar
Zealandia  student 1914 1915 U of S Calendar
48 Angus St., 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 8798 - 17
College Building list #: 112
Roll of Honour list #: 181
Roll of Service (1928) #: 267
Long List #: 288

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