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Battalion / unit at enlistment: 11th Field Amb
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Birth: 13 Feb 1884, Gloucestershire, England
College Building memorial: Second floor, centre west
Slide number(s): HR-2114
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 17 Mar 1916
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: clerk in holy orders
Religion: Anglican
Age: 32 years, 1 months
Height (inches): 70.50
Chest expansion (inches): 36.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.00
Marks: mostly bald
Mother's Address: Ditchingham, Bungay, Suffolk, England (1916)
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 #: 286
Roll of Honour list #: 58
Roll of Service (1928) #: 141
Long List #: 141
Downer, Charles William
Identification
Regimental number: 910900Battalion / unit at enlistment: 11th Field Amb
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Birth: 13 Feb 1884, Gloucestershire, England
College Building memorial: Second floor, centre west
Slide number(s): HR-2114
U of S attendance
Entry date | College | Left - date | Left - reason | Degree | Degree - date | Notes |
1910 | Arts - Emm | 1916 | grad | B.A. | 1916 | 2, one in 1910, 1 in 1912 (he is Emm, other?? |
Military service - attestation
Volunteer/drafted: volunteerAttestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 17 Mar 1916
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: clerk in holy orders
Religion: Anglican
Age: 32 years, 1 months
Height (inches): 70.50
Chest expansion (inches): 36.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.00
Marks: mostly bald
Military service - assignments
Group | Type | Location | First known date | Last known date | Reason for end of assignment | Notes |
11th Field Amb | France |
Rank
Rank | Date | Notes |
Corporal | ||
Sergeant |
Family
Mother: Jones, Mrs.Mother's Address: Ditchingham, Bungay, Suffolk, England (1916)
Non-military addresses
Address | Occupation | Earliest date | Latest date | Source | Notes |
Saskatoon | student | 1915 | 1916 | U of S Calendar | |
Bungay, UK | student | 1912 | 1915 | U of S Calendar | |
Ditchingham, UK | student | 1911 | 1912 | U of S Calendar | |
Alveston | student | 1910 | 1911 | U of S Calendar | |
Normal School, Saskatoon | 1928 | 1928 list |
Sources
National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 2640 - 9College Building list #: 286
Roll of Honour list #: 58
Roll of Service (1928) #: 141
Long List #: 141
Links to more information
- Great War site: photographs/documents
- Search National Archives' Soldiers of the First World War database (automatic search based on regimental number or name)