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Sexsmith, William Percival

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Identification

Regimental number: 3345482
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 1st Depot Bn MB
U of S affiliation at enlistment: not yet a student, though was later
Birth: 12 May 1890, Ameliasburg, ON, Canada
College Building memorial: Second floor, southeast
Slide number(s): HR-2016, HR-2017, HR-2018
Notes: 172420 = RAF no.

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1919 Arts        

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: drafted
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 8 Feb 1918
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: teacher
Religion: Methodist
Age: 27 years, 10 months
Height (inches): 69.00
Chest expansion (inches): 34.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 4.00

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
RAF School of Armament Hamilton, ON May 1918     Oct-Nov
1st depot Bn MB      Feb. 1918    

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Cadet 1 Apr 1905 Oct-Nov Bodman

Family

Father: Sexsmith, William V
Father's Address: 332 10th St., SK, Canada (1918)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Saskatoon  student 1919 1923 U of S Calendar
332 10th St., Saskatoon    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 8787 - 24
College Building list #: 214
Roll of Honour list #:
Roll of Service (1928) #: 266
Long List #: 287

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