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Lance Corporal Herbert Caunce

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Caunce, Herbert
Date of birth: 1893-02-21
Place of birth: Preston Lancashire England
Next of kin: Edward Caunce, Father,144 Barrington Av., Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Laborer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Religion: Church of England

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 157550
Rank detail

Lance Corporal, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes

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Sgt. Herbert Caunce, 81st Battalion & P.P.C.L.I.
Sgt. Herbert Caunce, 81st Battalion & P.P.C.L.I.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 93187
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1582-S040
Uploader's Notes:

Orignal overseas unit 81st Canadian Infantry Battalion. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field June 9, 1916. Gassed August 22, 1917. Struck off strength August 30, 1917. Invalided owing to sickness or wounds.

Toronto Evening Telegram / 08 September 1917 (see attached):

Reported suffering from gas poisoning.Two brothers also on active service.Family in Canada approx. six years.
Uploader's Research notes: [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2006-09-02
Last modified: 2011-01-01