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Gray, George John

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Identification

Battalion / unit at enlistment: 11th Field Amb
U of S affiliation at enlistment: no degree or certificate, but had been a student
Birth: 15 Aug 1884, London, England
College Building memorial: Second floor, southwest
Slide number(s): HR-2051, HR-2052, HR-2053, HR-2054

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1909 Arts - Emm        

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: St. Vital
Attestation date: 2 May 1916
Present address: Waseca, SK
Occupation: preacher
Religion: Anglican
Age: 32 years
Height (inches): 69.50
Chest expansion (inches): 39.50
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.50

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
11th Field Amb           
Chaplain Service            CB
5th Can Infantry Bn           
5th Bn Chaplain          RoS

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  
Captain, Hon   CB List, NA: CHP

Family

Spouse: Gray, Annie Marion
Home address: 710 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (1916)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Quill Lake  student 1909 1910 U of S Calendar
Sergeant's Mess, Fleet St., London, England   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 3754 - 6
College Building list #: 239
Roll of Honour list #: 84
Roll of Service (1928) #: 168
Long List #: 170

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