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Battalion / unit at enlistment: 28th Bn
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: died
Birth: 16 Jan 1889, Assineres, Seine, France
College Building memorial: First floor, centre west
Slide number(s): HR-1052
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 26 Oct 1914
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 25 years, 9 months
Height (inches): 68.25
Chest expansion (inches): 34.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 3.00
Cause: Drowned
Location: Shorncliffe, England, UK
Father's Address: Strassburg, SK, Canada (1914)
College Building list #: 54
Roll of Honour list #: 88
Roll of Service (1928) #: 26
Long List #: 26
Gruchy, Arthur Gordon
Identification
Regimental number: 74040Battalion / unit at enlistment: 28th Bn
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: died
Birth: 16 Jan 1889, Assineres, Seine, France
College Building memorial: First floor, centre west
Slide number(s): HR-1052
U of S attendance
Entry date | College | Left - date | Left - reason | Degree | Degree - date | Notes |
1911 | Arts - Presb | 1915 | grad | B.A. | 1915 |
Military service - attestation
Volunteer/drafted: volunteerAttestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 26 Oct 1914
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Presbyterian
Age: 25 years, 9 months
Height (inches): 68.25
Chest expansion (inches): 34.00
Amount of expansion (inches): 3.00
Military service - assignments
Group | Type | Location | First known date | Last known date | Reason for end of assignment | Notes |
28th Bn | UK | 1915 July 7 | drowned |
Military service - end
Date | Location | Reason | Notes |
7 Jul 1915 | Shorncliffe, England | drowned |
Rank
Rank | Date | Notes |
Private |
Death
Date of death: 7 Jul 1915Cause: Drowned
Location: Shorncliffe, England, UK
Family
Father: Gruchy, CharlesFather's Address: Strassburg, SK, Canada (1914)
Non-military addresses
Address | Occupation | Earliest date | Latest date | Source | Notes |
Strasburg | student | 1911 | 1915 | U of S Calendar |
Sources
National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 3865 - 22College Building list #: 54
Roll of Honour list #: 88
Roll of Service (1928) #: 26
Long List #: 26
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)
- Search the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (automatic search based on name; Includes information about burial site and images from Book of Remembrance)
- Search the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial (need to enter name; may include biographical information as well as information about geo-memorials)