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Robert Oswald MITCHELL (1889-1931) DOD +
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 Trade listed as Clerk. DOB 24-4-89, born Guelph. NOK Lizzie Mitchell, mother. Enlisted 71st Battalion 2-9-15. London Free Press 27-8-15 reports appointment as Lieutenant in 71st Battalion. (from Lieutenant 30th Wellington Regiment) On 71st Reinforcing Draft Sailing List 20-11-15, SS Metagama, Montreal, PQ. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion 16-3-16. Shrapnel Wound to forehead 20-7-16, plus suffering from Shell Shock. Hospitalized in France and England. Returned to Canada (via New York) aboard 'Columbia', New York City, NY, 30-8-19. Demobilized 22-7-20.
Ontario Death Records (035492) reports death at Homewood Sanitorium Guelph 17-5-31. Cause of death General Paresis contracted re: overseas service. Duration of illness listed as 6 years 4 months. Was a patient of the Homewood Sanitorium for over 15 months. Woodlawn Cemetery records Guelph, died 17-5-31, buried Block E 7.5.51.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6262 - 12. Courtesy Library & Archives.
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