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Elliott, Russell Howard

2345

Identification

Regimental number: 910905
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 196th Bn
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 22 May 1890, Madoc, ON, Canada
College Building memorial: Second floor, centre west
Slide number(s): HR-2101, HR-2102, HR-2103, HR-2104, HR-2105

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1915 Arts        

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 18 Mar 1916
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Methodist
Age: 25 years, 8 months
Height (inches): 68.00
Chest expansion (inches): 40.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 5.00
Previous military service (length): 1 yr

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
196th Bn           
46th Bn           
19th Res           

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  
Lieutenant   CB List, NA

Decorations

Decoration type Notes
M.C.

Wounds

Wound type Date Notes
  12 Sep 1917
  26 Oct 1917

Family

Sibling: Elliott, A
Sibling address: MB, Canada (1916)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Saskatoon  student 1915 1916 U of S Calendar
Bladworth  student 1919 1920 U of S Calendar same as 1915-16?
Harte    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 2875 - 61
College Building list #: 276
Roll of Honour list #: 64
Roll of Service (1928) #: 149
Long List #: 149

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