Sapper Alvin Burns Hastings

Sapper (Army).

(Source: CEF personnel file)

Family Details

- Form M.F.W. 67 dated January 11, 1917 indicates that his mother was dead at this time

- Will from Pay Book leaves all property and effects to his brother, Roy A. Hastings

1. Assigned to 228th Battalion on enlistment

2. Admitted to Base Toronto Hospital October 29, 1916. Diagnosed with measles. Discharged to duty November 13, 1916

3. Embarked from Canada, February 16, 1917 on board S.S. Missanabie

4. Arrived England February 27, 1917

5. Admitted to Purfleet Military Hospital, March 8, 1917. Diagnosed with mumps.

6. March 12, 1917 – 228th Battalion now known as 6th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops

7. March 12, 1917 – Taken on strength 6th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops

8. April 3, 1917 - Discharged to duty from Purfleet Military Hospital

9. April 3, 1917 - Taken on strength, Canadian Railway Troops Depot

10. May 5, 1917 - Stricken off strength Canadian Railway Troops Depot. Taken on strength 6th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops. Proceeded to and arrived in France

11. December 13, 1917 – transferred to 1st Northumbrian Field Ambulance – gunshot wound and compound fracture of right thigh

12. December 13, 1917 – from 1st Northumbrian Field Ambulance – died of wounds received in action.