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Ferguson, George Alexander

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Identification

Battalion / unit at enlistment: 11th Bn
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: wounded
Birth: 21 Jul 1891, Cornwall, ON, Canada
College Building memorial: First floor, centre east
Slide number(s): HR-1133, HR-1134

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1912 Arts        
1913 Law 1915 postgrad LL.B. 1915

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Valcartier Camp
Attestation date: 23 Sep 1914
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student-at-law
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 23 years, 2 months
Height (inches): 66.50
Chest expansion (inches): 35.50
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.50
Marks: 2nd & 3rd toes webbed feet; vac mrk, lft arm
Previous military service: active militia

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
11th Bn           
PPCLI           
10th Bn    France      

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Lieutenant  
Major   NA

Wounds

Wound type Date Notes
  10 Nov 1917

Family

Mother: Ferguson, Alice
Mother's Address: Cornwall, ON, Canada (1914)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Saskatoon  student 1912 1914 U of S Calendar
218 Saskatchewan Cres., Saskatoon    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 3045 - 19
College Building list #: 3
Roll of Honour list #: 68
Roll of Service (1928) #: 152
Long List #: 153

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