Sapper George Shortman
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1877-04-01
Place of birth: New Tredegar Monmouthshire Wales
Next of kin: John Shortman, brother. 1603 Cook Street, Victoria, British Columbia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Miner
Address:
1603 Cook Street, Victoria, British Columbia
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1921-05-21
Cause of death:
Died of illness
Buried:
Vancouver (Mountain View) Cemetery, 45.24.16
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 180312
Highest Rank:
Sapper
Rank detail
- Sapper (Army). 1919-02-26 to 1919-05-31
- Sapper (Army). 1917-07-29 to 1919-02-26
- Sapper (Army). 1917-03-10 to 1917-07-29
- Sapper (Army). 1916-09-12 to 1917-03-10
- Sapper (Army). 1916-06-25 to 1916-09-12
- Private (Army). 1915-11-07 to 1916-06-25
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
227705
Service file: B8882-S044
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Frederick Shortman and Sarah Ann Shortman (nee Palmer) of New Tredegar, Monmouth, Wales; older brother of John 'Jack' Shortman (Service No. 180347)
Date of Birth declared on Attestation papers was November 29, 1880 but birth record confirms the correct Date of Birth was April 1, 1877
Died of tuberculosis
Uploader's Research notes: 88th Battalion Nominal Roll [Sapper Army Canadian Engineers Canadian Engineers Training Depot Private Army Canadian Infantry 88th Battalion Sapper Army Canadian Engineers Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre Sapper Army Canadian Engineers Canadian Engineers Reinforcement Depot Sapper Army Canadian Engineers No. 3 Tunnelling Company Sapper Army Canadian Engineers Canadian Engineers Regimental Depot ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2020-12-11