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Rousay, Robert

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Identification

Regimental number: 887317
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 188th Bn
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: killed
Birth: 30 Nov 1896, Yorkton, SK, Canada
College Building memorial: Second floor, northeast
Slide number(s): HR-2183, HR-2184

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1914 Agro        

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Yorkton
Attestation date: 16 Nov 1915
Present address: Yorkton, SK
Occupation: farmer
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 19 years
Height (inches): 68.00
Chest expansion (inches): 35.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 3.00

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
188th Bn            LL
47th Bn        1917 May 6 KIA
96th Bn           

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  

Death

Date of death: 6 Jun 1917
Cause: killed in action

Family

Father: Rousay, Robert
Father's Address: Yorkton, SK, Canada (1915)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Yorkton  student 1914 1915 U of S Calendar

Sources

National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 8499 - 5
College Building list #: 143
Roll of Honour list #:
Roll of Service (1928) #: 54
Long List #: 54

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