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Vigfusson, Valdimar Alfred

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Identification

Regimental number: 260368
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 1st Depot Bn SK
U of S affiliation at enlistment: had degree or certificate
Birth: 9 Apr 1895, Tantallon P.O., SK, Canada
College Building memorial: Second floor, southeast
Slide number(s): HR-2019, HR-2020
Notes: Alfred Valdimar - 1922 degree list only

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1914 Arts 1917 grad B.A. 1917

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: drafted
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 10 Oct 1917
Present address: Tantallon P.O., SK
Occupation: chemist
Religion: Lutheran
Age: 23 years, 1 months
Height (inches): 67.00
Chest expansion (inches): 36.50
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.50

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
RAF 44th Wing Camp Borden, ON      
1st Depot Bn SK   Regina 10/30/1917    

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Cadet 1 Apr 1905 Oct-Nov Bodman

Family

Father: Vigfusson, Narfi
Father's Address: Tantallon P.O., SK, Canada (1917)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Tantallon  student 1914 1917 U of S Calendar
U of S, 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 9948 - 53
College Building list #: 216
Roll of Honour list #:
Roll of Service (1928) #: 293
Long List #: 316

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