Lieutenant William Chester Cole
PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
- Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, Canadian Engineers (Army). 1918-06-17 to 1919-03-30
- Lieutenant (Army). 1918-05-28 to 1918-06-17
- Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, Canadian Engineers (Army). 1918-05-24 to 1918-05-28
- Lieutenant, 123rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-11-28 to 1918-05-24
- Lieutenant (Army). 1917-01-31 to 1917-11-28
- Sergeant (Army). 1916-06-09 to 1916-09-20
- Corporal (Army). 1916-04-20 to 1916-06-07
- Private (Army). 1916-04-01 to 1916-04-20
- Private (Army). 1916-02-17 to 1916-04-01
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Son of William Walter Sheldon Cole and Katherine Amelia Cole (nee Hughes); husband of Emily Maude Cole (nee Cruttenden) married August 12, 1919
Treated for Orchitis in April 1918. FGCM - Arrested April 7, 1918, dispensed from duty March 29, 1918 to May 15, 1918, trial date May 13, 1918, drunkenness (not guilty), and conduct to the prejudice of good order and to military discipline for giving rum to four men in his platoon (convicted on all four counts)
Died in 1960
216th Battalion Nominal Roll [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 216th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 216th Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 216th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 216th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 180th Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 123rd Battalion A Company Lieutenant Army Canadian Engineers 9th CE Battalion C Company London Gazette No. 30902, September 16, 1918, pg. 11067 Lieutenant Army Canadian Engineers 3rd Pontoon Bridging and Transport Unit Attached Lieutenant Army Canadian Engineers 9th CE Battalion C Company ]