Sapper Samuel Cameron

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Cameron, Samuel

Date of birth: 1889-11-01

Place of birth: Springhill Mines Nova Scotia Canada

Next of kin: Mrs. Anna Sherlock, Springhill Mines, Nova Scotia

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Coal miner

Occupation (normalized): Miner, General

Address: Springhills Mine, N.S.

Religion: Presbyterian

Date of death: 1918-10-09

Cause of death: Died of illness

Buried: Springhill (Hillside) Cemetery, R. 2. G. II.

Regimental number: 501205

Highest Rank: Sapper

Rank detail

Sapper (Army). 1915-08-24 ?

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

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

CWGC ID: 2754962

LAC ID: 83479

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B1413-S019

Uploader's Notes: Family plot.

Uploader's Research notes:

Private Cameron died of phthisis

Discharged April 30, 1918 Halifax, N.S.

Returned to Canada as medically unfit in 1918. Died of Phthisis Nova Scotia Oct.9, 1918

Information updated by S V Pearson, Stettler, Alberta,March 9,2015

Sources: Attestation documents and Private Cameron's military file from the archives in Ottawa

[Sapper Army Canadian Engineers No. 1 Tunnelling Company ]

Date added: 2005-04-30

Last modified: 2015-03-09