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Sparling, Harvey Huston

Identification

Battalion / unit at enlistment: PPCLI
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 26 Jun 1895, Pilot Mound, MB, Canada
College Building memorial: First floor, southwest
Slide number(s): HR-1037
Notes: reg no before promo = A11074

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: 17 Mar 1915
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Wesleyan
Age: 19 years, 9 months
Height (inches): 69.50
Chest expansion (inches): 36.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.50

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
PPCLI           
38th Bn            LL
7th Batry, CFA, 2nd Brig    France       CB
2nd Bde CFA           
PPCLI invalided  Canada 1917    

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  
Lieutenant   Not in CB List
Captain   RoS

Decorations

Decoration type Notes
M.C.

Wounds

Wound type Date Notes
  10 Aug 1918

Family

Father: Sparling, A J
Father's Address: 716 6th Ave., N, Saskatoon, SK, Canada (1915)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Saskatoon  student 1913 1915 U of S Calendar
2574 Plum St., Loma Portaal, USA   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 9173 - 5
College Building list #: 36
Roll of Honour list #: 188
Roll of Service (1928) #: 277
Long List #: 298

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