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Sergeant William Soutar Connon

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1890-12-21
Place of birth: Kirriemuir Forfarshire Scotland
Next of kin: Eliza Connon, mother. 9 Melville Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Seedsman
Address: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1916-06-13
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Sp. Mem. H. 20.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 420041
Highest Rank: Sergeant (16th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 43rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-01-05 ?
  2. Sergeant, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-12-11 to 1916-06-13
  3. Corporal, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-12-06 to 1915-12-11
  4. Corporal, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-07-17 to 1915-12-06
  5. Corporal, 43rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). ? to 1915-07-17
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed by sniper at Ypres

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 489382
LAC ID: 112780
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2, image 3, image 4
Service file: B1919-S019
Uploader's Notes: Son of George Fowler Connon and Elizabeth Connon (nee Beattie) of Ferryhill House, Aberdeen, Scotland
Uploader's Research notes:

43rd Battalion Nominal Roll

Added information from my father, RB Connon, younger brother of WS Connon and from attestation papers

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 43rd Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 43rd Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion Lance-Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-02-26