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One of The Original 500

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Walter L Thistle Regt # 215

Service Record
Father: Davis Thistle
Address: 50 Long's Hill, St. John's, NL
Age: 20 Yrs Old
Enlisted: Sept 4th, 1914
Date	Action	Details
12.7.16	Roll call following attack 1.7.16 with battalion
13.10.16	GSW L Thigh	Adm 48th CCS trans to BCS
13.10.16		Adm 26th Gen Hosp Etaples
16.10.16		To Eng per H/S Astureas
14.12.16		Furlough to 13.12.16
13.12.16		Attached E Co Depot
26.4.17		Disembarked Rouen
14.6.17	Joined Battalion in Field
3.12.17	Missing	France
9.12.19	Prisoner of War	not wounded, camp not stated
13.1.18	Particulars of Address	Coy 32B; Gefangenlage, Dulmen, Westfalia, Germany
	Change of Address	Schneidemuhl; No 7 Coy Gefangenlage
25.12.18	Released	Arrived Leith 25.12.18 SS Russ Cat ‘A’
27.12.18	Released Anjois Ripon	Proceeded to Depot 27.12.18
27.12.18	Posted to H Co 2nd Batt Winchester 27.12.18
28.12.18	Proceeded on Furlough from 28.12.18 - 28.2.19
3.1.19	Repatriated per SS Scohan from Liverpool to St. John NB
20.1.19	Arrived Newfoundland
20.1.19	Granted leave to 20.2.19

 

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H/S – Hospital Ship

GSW – Gun Shot Wound

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