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Sergeant-Major Hugh Handyside

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Handyside, Hugh
Date of birth: 1885-10-06
Place of birth: Ottawa Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Hugh Handyside, father. Prescott, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Trainman
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1961-05-22

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 410346
Highest Rank: Sergeant-Major
Rank detail
  1. Sergeant-Major (Army). 1919-05-28 to 1919-07-03
  2. Sergeant-Major (Army). 1918-04-04 to 1919-05-28
  3. Sergeant-Major, 2nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-09-02 to 1918-04-04
  4. Sergeant-Major (Army). 1917-05-09 to 1917-09-02
  5. Sergeant-Major, 2nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-11-05 to 1917-05-09
  6. Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-08-25 to 1916-11-05
  7. Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-08-25 to 1916-08-25
  8. Corporal (Army). 1915-07-04 to 1915-08-25
  9. Corporal, 38th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-06-01 to 1915-07-04
  10. Corporal, 38th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-03-01 to 1915-06-01
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded June 5, 1916, Wounded September 3, 1916, Wounded May 5, 1917
Awards

Military Medal
Date of award: 1917-07-18
Source: London Gazette No. 30188, pg. 7290 and Canadian Gazette, September 15, 1917

Distinguished Conduct Medal
Date of award: 1918-03-28
Source: London Gazette No. 30601, pg. 3885 and Canadian Gazette May 11, 1918

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 441567
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B4010-S022
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Hugh Handyside and Emma Handyside (nee Traverse); older brother of Richard Handyside (Service No. 410408) and Ernest Traverse Handyside (Service No. 4103476); Aleshia Sarah Handyside (nee Heatherton) married October 2, 1919

Discharged July 3, 1919 Medically Unfit

Uploader's Research notes:

38th Battalion 2nd Reinforcing Draft Nominal Roll

[Company Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Battalion Lance-Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 38th Battalion C Company Lance-Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 12th Reserve Battalion Lance-Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Battalion Company Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Battalion Company Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot Company Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry 6th Reserve Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 38th Battalion C Company Regimental Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry 6th Reserve Battalion Discharged Medically Unfit Distinguished Conduct Medal Military Medal ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2006-08-16
Last modified: 2021-03-05