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Sapper Oscar Gerald Drinkwatter

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1885-08-03
Place of birth: Bancroft Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Lovina Connors (sister), Colborne, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: Whitewood Grove, Ontario
Religion: Methodist

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 649432
Highest Rank: Sapper
Rank detail
  1. Sapper (Army). 1918-05-07 ?
  2. Sapper (Army). 1918-04-12 to 1918-05-06
  3. Sapper (Army). 1917-11-18 to 1918-04-11
  4. Sapper (Army). 1917-02-11 to 1917-11-17
  5. Private (Army). 1917-01-30 to 1917-02-10
  6. Private (Army). 1916-06-12 to 1917-01-29
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Awards

British War Medal

Victory Medal

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 367154
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B2668-S038
Uploader's Notes:

accidentally wounded Nov 12, 1917; invalided to England Nov 18, 1917

Invalided sick to England May 7, 1918

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 8th Reserve Battalion Sapper Army Canadian Railway Troops 5th Railway Battalion Sapper Army Canadian Railway Troops Canadian Railway Troops Depot Sapper Army Canadian Railway Troops 5th Railway Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 159th Battalion Sapper Army Canadian Railway Troops Canadian Railway Troops Depot British War Medal Victory Medal ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-11-01
Last modified: 2021-03-09