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Lieutenant William Chester Cole

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1893-04-21
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Name of next of kin: William Walter Sheldon Cole
Relationship of next of kin: Father
Address of next of kin: 27 Christie Street, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Civil Engineer
Occupation (normalized): Civil Engineer, General
Address: 27 Christie Street, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 862405
Rank detail
  1. Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, Canadian Engineers (Army). 1918-06-17 to 1919-03-30
  2. Lieutenant (Army). 1918-05-28 to 1918-06-17
  3. Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, Canadian Engineers (Army). 1918-05-24 to 1918-05-28
  4. Lieutenant, 123rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-11-28 to 1918-05-24
  5. Lieutenant (Army). 1917-01-31 to 1917-11-28
  6. Sergeant (Army). 1916-06-09 to 1916-09-20
  7. Corporal (Army). 1916-04-20 to 1916-06-07
  8. Private (Army). 1916-04-01 to 1916-04-20
  9. Private (Army). 1916-02-17 to 1916-04-01
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 109059
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B1854-S040
Uploader's Notes:

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

Uploader's Research notes:

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 ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2012-11-17
Last modified: 2022-11-08