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Bridgeman, Oscar Cleon

Identification

Regimental number: 2382534
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 1st Depot BN MB
U of S affiliation at enlistment: had degree or certificate
Birth: 10 May 1897, Sunderland, ON, Canada
College Building memorial: Second floor, southeast
Slide number(s): HR-2013
Notes: 171983 - RAF no?

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1913 Arts     B.A. 1916
  Arts 1919 postgrad M.A. 1919

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: drafted
Attestation place: Winnipeg
Attestation date: 29 Apr 1918
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: chemist
Religion: Baptist
Age: 20 years, 11 months
Height (inches): 71.50
Chest expansion (inches): 35.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 5.00

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
RAF School of Armament Hamilton, ON 1918     Oct-Nov
1st Depot Bn Man Regt   Winnipeg, MB 4/18/1918    

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Cadet 1 Apr 1905 Oct-Nov Bodman
Private  

Family

Father: Bridgeman, Edward James
Father's Address: 332 Ave. I, S., Saskatoon, SK, Canada (1918)
Father's Occuption: minister

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Saskatoon  student 1913 1917 U of S Calendar
M.I.T., Cambridge, 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 1057 - 31
College Building list #: 183
Roll of Honour list #:
Roll of Service (1928) #: 103
Long List #: 103

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