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MacEwen, Louis James

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Identification

Regimental number: 2193336
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 196th Bn
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: killed
Birth: 3 Oct 1893, St. Peters, PEI, Canada
College Building memorial: First floor, centre west
Slide number(s): HR-1061, HR-1062
Notes: not in RoS

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 30 Apr 1917
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 23 years, 6 months
Height (inches): 66.50
Chest expansion (inches): 34.50
Amount of expansion (inches): 3.00

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
196th Bn      March 1917     DuVal draft
PPCLI        1917 Nov 15 KIA

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  

Death

Date of death: 15 Nov 1917
Cause: killed in action
Location: Passchendale, Belgium

Family

Father: McEwen, James A
Father's Address: St. Peters, PEI, Canada (1917)

Sources

National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 6808 - 23
College Building list #: 65
Roll of Honour list #:
Roll of Service (1928) #: 41
Long List #: 41

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