Private Hewburn Nathaniel Greenidge
PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
Private, No. 2 Canadian Construction Company, Canadian Forestry Corps (Army).
RESEARCH INFORMATION
The No. 2 Construction Battalion (an all Black battalion) served in France with the majority of the men being assigned to the No. 5 Canadian Forestry Corps (Jura Group).
There is a notation on the Attestation Paper indicating he was discharged on December 2, 1918 under Headquarter's wire 5976 as a medical student.
The Legacy Voices Project Military file digitized at LA
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/cef/3001-4000/3793-35.pdf 38 pages
Hewburn was the first black man to graduate from the University of Manitoba:
http://news.umanitoba.ca/black-history-month-photo-series-and-vignettes/
He is listed in a 1925 medical directory as living in Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana.
The Legacy Voices Project Military file digitized at LAC 38 pages
Name: GREENIDGE, HEWBURN NATHANIELRegimental number(s): 931631Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3793 - 35Date of Birth: 01/11/1893Attestation paper: Front of form - Back of formDigitized file: 3793-35.pdf [Private Army Canadian Engineers No. 2 Construction Battalion ]
