Private Seldon Thomas Parris
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Parris,
Seldon Thomas
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
- Private (Army). 1919-01-30 to 1919-06-02
- Private (Army). 1918-04-27 to 1919-01-30
- Private (Army). 1917-12-30 to 1918-04-27
- Lance Corporal, No. 2 Canadian Construction Company, Canadian Forestry Corps (Army). 1917-02-01 to 1917-12-30
- 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