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Canzi, Frank Alexander

Identification

Regimental number: 500285
Battalion / unit at enlistment: Signal Service
U of S affiliation at enlistment: had degree or certificate
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 9 Mar 1890, Galt, ON, Canada
College Building memorial: First floor, southeast
Slide number(s): HR-1020

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1913 Arts 1913 grad B.A. 1914 no record before 1913

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Rockliffe Camp
Attestation date: 9 Jul 1915
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 25 years, 4 months
Height (inches): 67.00
Chest expansion (inches): 36.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 4.00

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
CE           
RFC            Long List
1st Can Div Signal Company            RoS
12th Bn Can Engineers    France      
Can Corps HQ Sig Comp            RoS

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  
Lieutenant   CB List

Wounds

Wound type Date Notes
  1 Nov 1918 only in RoS

Family

Mother: Canzi (Cansoy), A
Mother's Address: 922 Temperance St., Saskatoon, SK, Canada (1915)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Saskatoon  student 1913 1914 U of S Calendar
Brandon Copper Co., Sewell, Rancagua, Chile   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 1474 - 48
College Building list #: 22
Roll of Honour list #: 37
Roll of Service (1928) #: 115
Long List #: 115

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