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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
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
Father's Address: Tantallon P.O., SK, Canada (1917)
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.
College Building list #: 216
Roll of Honour list #:
Roll of Service (1928) #: 293
Long List #: 316
Vigfusson, Valdimar Alfred
Identification
Regimental number: 260368Battalion / 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: draftedAttestation 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, NarfiFather'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 |
Sources
National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 9948 - 53College Building list #: 216
Roll of Honour list #:
Roll of Service (1928) #: 293
Long List #: 316
Links to more information
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