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Sergeant William John Stinson

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1870-11-03
Place of birth: Essex County Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs.Mary Ella Stinson, Wife.
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Cook
Occupation (normalized): Cook, Except Private Service
Address: 170 Rideau St. Kingston, Ontario
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1920-03-04
Buried: Cataraqui Cemetery, Lot 421. Sec. E. North-East quarter.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 59923
Highest Rank: Sergeant (21st Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Sergeant, 21st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Sergeant, 21st Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-11-23 to 1920-04-20
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He died from complications during surgery for wounds he suffered in the war. See service record for details
Commemoration location: http://21st-battalion-2.tripod.com/page1.html

Images

Sgt. WIlliam John Stinson
Grave of Sgt W J Stinson
Picture of Sgt Stinson from a group photo of 21st Btn Sergeants taken at West Sandling in England during 1915.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 2756649
LAC ID: 253772
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B9336-S062
Uploader's Research notes:

On Embarkation Roll of the 21st Btn, from CFA, master cook.

Died 4 March 1920 after a goiter operation reported in Toronto World 5 Mar 1920, buried Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston.

Summarized service record, pictures etc at http://twenty-first-battalion-9.tripod.com/stinson_wj.html

[Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 21st Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 21st Battalion A Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2005-04-30
Last modified: 2013-07-20