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Private Seldon Thomas Parris

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1895-10-09
Place of birth: Truro Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Margaret Gero, mother. New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address: New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Religion: Baptist
Date of death: 1955-07-22

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 931034
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army). 1919-01-30 to 1919-06-02
  2. Private (Army). 1918-04-27 to 1919-01-30
  3. Private (Army). 1917-12-30 to 1918-04-27
  4. Lance Corporal, No. 2 Canadian Construction Company, Canadian Forestry Corps (Army). 1917-02-01 to 1917-12-30
  5. Private, No. 2 Canadian Construction Company, Canadian Forestry Corps (Army). 1916-07-25 to 1917-02-01
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 555227
Service file: B7575-S020
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Alexander Parris and Margaret Parris (nee Prevost, later Gero), step son of Benjamin Gero; older brother of Clifford Osborne Parris (Service No. 931157); husband of Loretta Parris (nee Shepherd) married June 29, 1920

Soldier appears on Canada Post stamp for 100th anniversary commemoration Legacy Voices project

Died of arteriosclerosis

Uploader's Research notes:

No. 2 Construction Battalion Nominal Roll as 'Paris, Thomas Sheldon'

The Legacy Voices Project. Military File digitized

[Private Army Canadian Forestry Corps 1st Forestry District Private Army Canadian Forestry Corps 54th Forestry Company Lance-Corporal Army Canadian Engineers No. 2 Construction Battalion D Company, 14th Platoon Private Army Canadian Engineers No. 2 Construction Battalion D Company, 14th Platoon Private Army Canadian Infantry Nova Scotia Regimental Depot B Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2007-03-24
Last modified: 2021-10-12