Private Stanley Bress
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1878-03-03
Place of birth: Proskurov Russia
Next of kin: Mary Bres (wife,) D’Zarecrs, Proskurov, Russia
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Carpenter
Occupation (normalized): Carpenter, General
Address:
24th Street and Avenue N, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Zivy Crater, Thelus, 3
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 871382
Highest Rank:
Private
(16th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1916-02-16 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: VIMY
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
62865
Service file: B1045-S032
Uploader's Notes:
Present Address: 150 MacMillan Ave., Winnipeg ManitobaBorn: Proskovow, Podolski, RussiaDate of Birth: Jan 7, 1878Previous Military Experience: noneHeight: 5'8"Chest: 38" with 4" expansionScars/Marks: Large mole over about 11 dorsal spine. (None were noted on his first Attestation.)
Religion: Other - Russian
Panel I. Col.
At the time of enlistment he was active in an unnamed militia.
On his first Attestation Paper, his name is given as Stanley Bres (not Bress) and his service number is 204308
The LAC includes a second Attestation Paper dated March 6, 1916 in Winnipeg. It uses a double "s" in his surname, with the last one struck through. Differences from his first Attestation include:
Service number: 871382 - this is the service number used on his Circumstances of Casualty formPresent Address: 150 MacMillan Ave., Winnipeg ManitobaBorn: Proskovow, Podolski, RussiaDate of Birth: Jan 7, 1878Previous Military Experience: noneHeight: 5'8"Chest: 38" with 4" expansionScars/Marks: Large mole over about 11 dorsal spine. (None were noted on his first Attestation.)
Religion: Other - Russian
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 96th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2014-07-12