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Cameron, John

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Identification

Regimental number: 411070
Battalion / unit at enlistment: PPCLI
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 4 Aug 1889, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
College Building memorial: First floor, northwest
Slide number(s): HR-1074, HR-1075

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1912 Agro 1918 grad B.S.A. 1918

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 16 Mar 1915
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 25 years, 7 months
Height (inches): 66.50
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
PPCLI           

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  
Sergeant  

Wounds

Wound type Date Notes
  16 Apr 1916
  15 Sep 1916

Family

Father: Cameron, Murdo
Father's Address: Nutana, SK, Canada (1915)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Floral  student 1912 1914 U of S Calendar
Floral  student 1917 1918 U of S Calendar
Dept. of Agriculture, Regina    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 1408 - 47
College Building list #: 81
Roll of Honour list #: 35
Roll of Service (1928) #: 112
Long List #: 112

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