Private Samuel Shine

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Shine, Samuel

Date of birth: 1886-03-26

Place of birth: Italy

Next of kin: Mrs Kate Shine, 207 Hallam St., Toronto, Ontario

Marital status: married

Occupation (attested): Labourer

Occupation (normalized): Labourer

Address: 207 Hallam St., Toronto, Ontario

Religion: Roman Catholic

Date of death: 1916-10-01

Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 171375

Highest Rank: Private

Rank detail

Private (Army). 1916-07-29 to 1916-10-01
Private (Army). 1915-08-12 to 1916-07-29

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Commemoration location: Vimy Memorial, France

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.

CWGC ID: 1575690

LAC ID: 227004

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B8870-S030

Uploader's Notes:

Son of Alfonso and Serafina Shine, of Pescosolido, Caserta, Italy; husband of Kate Shine, of 486, Delaware Avenue, Toronto.

The following notice appeared in the Toronto Star on October 21, 1916, pg. 17, as transcribed:

SHINE--Killed in action, on Oct. 1, 1916, somewhere in France, with C.M.R., Pte. Samuel Shine, dearly beloved husband of Katie Frost, of 376 Westmoreland avenue, aged 30 years.

Uploader's Research notes:

Source: The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1914 - 1919 (1926, Captain S.G.Bennett) http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/u?/cmh,39960

http://www.4cmr.com/index.htm War Diaries

http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/index.html Nominal Rolls

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Olympic

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 83rd Battalion Sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 1st of May 1916 onboard the R.M.S Olympic. Private Army Canadian Infantry 4th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2017-11-26